Word: gatherings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Thornton Wilder signature that no one else in the U.S. theater can convincingly forge. Two girls and a boy, aged 13, 10 and 8, play what Mother calls one of their "morbid" games, "Funeral." In the game, Father and Mother have died in a bloody accident, and the children gather in church to praise them with faint damns. Mother was nice, "but she was always shopping." Father was a fine man, but "he never said anything very interesting...
...Hearst Columnist Dorothy Kilgallen, Dec. 13: "The most discussed lady wherever socialites gather is a Mrs. Murphy...
...through the "Christmas Market.'' a bright-painted hodgepodge of game booths, carrousels, sausage counters and Ferris wheels. The displays are trimmed with Tannenbaum branches and Christmas decorations, but the people remain grim and unconvivial. At the intersection of Wilhelmstrasse and Unter den Linden, knots of East Berliners gather to stare wistfully westward through the columns of the Brandenburg Gate. Murmured a bespectacled worker: "The Americans should have torn down the Wall. Now it is too late...
...ball hits one cushion and stops near the center spot. Big as a water tower but light on his feet, with a diamond ring on a pudgy finger, the fat man moves around the table. For 31 consecutive hours, with an almost incredible repertoire of masse shots, bank shots, gather shots, and combinations, with just enough English and the right amount of draw, he has been defending his reputation as the best there is. He chalks up and shoots again. Click. The 15 ball slams into the corner and disappears. Minnesota Fats is still the greatest pool shark...
...regular officers in Algeria; 300 generals and colonels and 1,000 majors are reported to have taken an oath not to accept Algerian independence. As a further symptom of army disease, 1,300 officers have handed in their resignations. Though the government found it almost impossible to gather evidence against officers who took part in the April 1961 revolt, eleven of its top generals were condemned to death in absentia or to prison terms. The chief of staff, General Paul Ely, resigned last year in open disagreement with De Gaulle, and his successor, General Jean Olié, resigned last month...