Word: entertainment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...voice. Then looking away from me, and towards the back of the trolley, she tried to see who might have dropped the bills. There was a pause of fifteen or twenty seconds; it appeared as if the woman either didn't know what to do, or was beginning to entertain thoughts of hushing up and keeping the money. But she knew that I had seen her pick...
Still, she loves to entertain even now, and gives her usual "little dinners." She has a knack for bringing a table to life. "I need company," she says. "Not many at a time, though. Three or four, or half a dozen at most. Nowadays, two tables of ten represent a real gala." In the duke's day it was nothing for 40 to sit down to crested linen and crystal, to incomparable wine and food. "We usually had music. The duke loved to dance and to take a turn at the drums. But I don't dance...
Instead, historical novels tend to entertain, distract, and pander to escapist tendencies. Certainly Vidal is a good enough writer to produce generally competent work, and when Vidal chooses to write an historical novel, he is likely to write a good one. But there is no reason to expect him to transcend the boundaries of the field...
...decided to start its petition during the summer, after Bok told an alumni meeting in June, "I do not believe our record and our conscience can be fully clear until we manifest our willingness to entertain a ROTC program on terms compatible with our usual institutional standards...
...females. Subsequent programs included a round table of rock groupies explaining their avocation, and a confrontation between a young woman involved with a Jesus people cult and a former social worker who "deprograms" such kids at the request of their parents. Upcoming shows will visit a nudist colony and entertain a delegation of homosexuals. "The network knows everything we're going to do," says Tellez, "and they've given us carte blanche...