Word: gibson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...display went a 4th-Century Sasanian palace hall, the like of which does not exist even in its native Persia; a mandapam (pillared hall) from a Vishnu temple which Philadelphia Socialite Adeline Pepper Gibson spirited out of India by junk in 1912; a lofty Ming hall from Peking, "the finest single architectural unit ever to leave China"; a dozen other galleries. All 15 were crowded with a superb collection of Oriental art that ranged from Persian rugs to Japanese prints...
...songs, written by J. Stanley Sheppard and Robert A. Gibson, underwent the acid test when several persons were heard whistling them during intermission. "The Mood to be Wooed" and "What Did You Do, Love" are potential Hit Parade material...
East. New England has most of the best resorts. Noteworthy is North Conway, N. H., most famed of the recently developed Eastern Slope (of the White Mountains' Presidential Range). There Banker Harvey D. Gibson, a North Conway native, has transplanted Austria's Hannes Schneider (father of modern skiing) and his celebrated Ski School, developed 50 miles of downhill trails, installed a $125,000 skimobile (180 miniature cable cars), tripled the town's income. At nearby Franconia, Austria's Baron Hubert Pantz has established a swank ski club patterned after his famed Alpine Club Mittersill, rendezvous...
Sirs: Could you furnish me with a little information about the term "pratt-fallen" which you apply to Sonja Henie in the Jan. 29 issue? STAN GIBSON Montreal...