Word: gately
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mysterious couple rented huge Stella Maris estate in Buenos Aires' residential town of General Pacheco, the villagers were naturally curious, buzzed about who the strangers were, where they came from, what they were doing. No one could find out. Not even delivery boys got past the front gate. What went on inside the two houses, the annex, in the fine garden, the orchard, swimming pool and volleyball field? The windows were curtained; a seemingly endless stream of strangers went to and fro; and they ate enough food for a platoon. Townfolk talked about smugglers, maybe even revolutionaries...
...this argument, too, can be at least partially challenged. It is difficult to run a large and sprawling organization, such as the Athletic Department, on a tight budget. For one thing, nobody can predict in advance the extent of the income to be derived from football gate-receipts. This depends on team performance, weather, and other such imponderables. It is too easy to be harsh about H.A.A. finances; and it is sometimes unfair...
Bolles is hopeful that money from this source and possibly, too, from increased football gate receipts (as the two-year-old Ivy League becomes more firmly established) may eventually permit the reinstatement of lacrosse and golf as "regular team sports...
...Waldorf-Astoria, was awarded for a scarcely disguised variation on one of the simplest of all desserts, apple dumplings. The winner, whose spicy apple twists* triumphed over such dishes as golden empire torte spread with chocolate surprise frosting, double date devil's food cake or Golden Gate dessert bars, was Mrs. Don de Vault, 36, wife of a Delaware, Ohio real estate man. Her prize...
...minute color tour of the U. S. A., an uninterrupted panoramic scene in a complete circle. The spectators stand inside the circle, look up, and rotate their heads so as not to miss any of the breath-taking trip from the Statue of Liberty to the Golden Gate. Excellent propaganda, even for Americans...