Word: entertainment
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...manger scene-with the Wise Men from Matthew and the shepherds from Luke-is one of the oldest Christian traditions. It is also the easiest to dramatize. Canticles of the 4th, 5th and 6th centuries-designed to teach doctrine to an illiterate public as well as to entertain-were the precursors of the medieval miracle plays. Some of the old canticles contain poetry that still has power to evoke the mystery and miracle of Christmas, as for example the 5th century Contacio of St. Romanus of Emesa in which the Wise Men are invited to see for themselves the "rich...
Leaves Canceled. In Buffalo, U.S.O. Director Mrs. Odessa Shipley thought she knew just how to entertain 230 visiting sailors from H.M.S. Scarborough, was terribly surprised when 1,000 tea bags went untouched...
...Mamma knows that she only ordained the obvious. Her Anna Maria was born to entertain. "I was the personality kid," Anne remembers. "When I wasn't sick, I was singing. Even at school they took me from classroom to classroom; I could really put over a song. I put everything into it. I shook my shoulders, rolled my eyes and twitched. I was just a repulsive kid, I guess. I used to break up the class...
...there is no more honorable ambition one can entertain than a career in elective offices," McCormack told the Young Democrats. "And although I am a great believer in the two-party system," he continued, "I feel that the Republican Party is the party of status quo; the Democrats represent progress...
Eddie Fisher, when he finally appeared to sing, turned out to be neither very good nor awful. He belted out such numbers as Another Autumn, Wish You Were Here, Let Me Entertain You in a loud, clear voice, without much style or emotional variety. But he was an undisputed smash with the customers who packed the Empire Room night after night, long after Liz, the Prince and the stubborn Brooklyn dentist had departed. Having lost his TV show in the furor over his divorce from Debbie Reynolds, and suffering chronically from poor record sales, Eddie Fisher seemed to be making...