Word: gardenful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...recent garden party given by Russian Ambassador Ivan Sadchikov, someone asked Hakimi what he thought would be the nature of the next Persian government. Hakimi thought he was being asked what kind of shoes he was wearing. "American," replied Hakimi to the amazement of his hosts, "yes, American...
...penetrating, resonant and hard to shut off as the foghorn at Montauk Light. He had the bearing of a beefy Roman emperor, a lobster-red face and white hair which he wore reached. He thought Greenpernt-its lumber yards, varnish factories, dreary flats and all-was the "garden spot of the universe" and defied the world to find "a more moral race of people" than its citizens...
...Come, Little Michael!" Outside, beyond the garden hedges, a few other refugees from Rumania waited. When the couple appeared, they called, "Come nearer, little Michael," and "Take us back to Bucharest." When Michael stepped close and waved, his former subjects wept. Cried one: "God bless you Greeks for giving my Michael such a fine wedding...
...commanded by blue-jawed Walter Audisio, Communist executioner of Benito Mussolini (TIME, April 7, 1947). Audisio rushed up to Tomba, cried: "If you are a gentleman, come outside in the garden." Tomba declined, but the fracas became a free-for-all; even a Communist woman deputy, Laura Diaz (known to her admirers as the "Joan Crawford of Parliament"), joined in, whacking at bearded Christian Democrats. Contestants ripped out stenographers' desks, used them as clubs. Three deputies had to be treated for injuries. It was the worst riot in the loo-year history of Parliament...
...Saying one's prayers," she holds, is a term to be avoided; prayers too easily lapse into a quick bedtime formality like brushing the teeth. Parents should rather encourage spontaneous prayer. She cites one she once heard: "Oh thank you, God, for our muddy garden and my Sister Baby and the lovely spiders. I want to be a Good Big Girl. Amen...