Word: flourishingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...look into the foreign-aid program. They still have to get out a bill on the program. A number of McMahon's colleagues indicated a singular lack of interest. This is unfortunate, since McMahon's dragon will just be left out in the tall grass, there to flourish on fiction, undisturbed by fact...
When Margaret Truman stepped into the Pump Room of Chicago's Ambassador Hotel, fresh from Hollywood and her radio acting debut, the headwaiter led her to Table No. 1 with a respectful flourish. The last time Margaret had rated only Table No. 11. The reason for the rise in rank, the hotel explained: Miss Truman is no longer just a President's daughter and a singer; she is now a radio and television actress...
...variations by Saint-Saens. The piece begins with the simple, lovely, Trio melody from the second movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata, Opus 31, No. 2. Then follows a series of flashy but inartistic variations, which leads to a restatement of the theme, and a final flourish of octave passages. The work as a whole is typical of those many fluffy compositions by the Frenchman which are fun to watch, fun to play, but certainly not great music...
...community was in for a surprise. Under Matthews' son John, the school began to flourish, and soon the sons of statesmen, bankers, and judges were trooping up the hill (among them: Army Secretary Frank Pace, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert A. Lovett, Pan American's Juan Trippe). Last week, as The Hill celebrated its 100th anniversary with 13 simultaneous alumni dinners in 13 cities, it had long since earned its reputation as one of the top boys' prep schools...
...life, payable by Christmas. Hope hatches a scheme to raise the money by drafting Broadway mugs and con men into Santa Claus suits, sets them to taking up a sidewalk collection, supposedly for an old ladies' home. He also supplies the old dolls, installs them with a flourish in a vacant gambling casino and starts cleaning up until another mobster (Lloyd Nolan) hijacks both his swag and his old ladies...