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Word: entertainment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lion tonight, Tiger tomorrow is the varsity basketball team's bill of fare for this weekend. The Crimson will entertain Columbia at 8:30 p.m. tonight after a 6:30 p.m. preliminary between the freshmen and Nichols Junior College. A second Ivy League opponent, touring Princeton, will come into the I.A.B. at 8 p.m. Saturday...

Author: By Jere Broh-kahn, | Title: Crimson Five Opposes Lions Tonight, Princeton Saturday | 1/8/1954 | See Source »

Manhattan-born Tom Lehrer is not sure he wants to entertain any more, anyhow. He started, for reasons that are still unclear to him, while a Harvard undergraduate, and by the time he was a graduate student (in mathematics), found he was in demand. He kept pushing his material to see just how bloodthirsty he could get and get away with it. Now he knows, and with a brief taste of Manhattan night life in his mouth, he is ready to give it up. He would rather write ditties for others to sing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Time Out from Thinking | 1/4/1954 | See Source »

...Winston expressed hope that if EDC fails to materialize, some alternative will be found. It was the U.S. opinion that the alternatives to EDC are so feeble and inadequate that we did not wish to entertain them as serious topics of discussion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Briefing in Bermuda | 12/21/1953 | See Source »

Terry Moore, wellrounded, perpetually breathless Hollywood actress (Come Back, Little Sheba), prepared to leave this week to entertain U.N. troops in Korea. In her special wardrobe was a get-up that any pressagent might view with pride: an ermine bathing suit, ermine hat and ermine-lined mittens and boots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 21, 1953 | 12/21/1953 | See Source »

Some clubs will entertain guests at dinners, dances, or open houses, but most of the clubs are planning to sponsor luncheons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alumni Plan Festivities | 12/16/1953 | See Source »

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