Word: gifting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...said, '. . . Would you like to have a quarter? ... I'll give it to you as a gift...
...recently sang her greatest role, the Marschallin, in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier. She regrets that Strauss did not oppose Naziism more actively, but says: "Shall one expect that a great artist is also a great person? I know artists with lousy characters. It is strange that the gift is given sometimes to a shell that is not worthy of it, nicht...
...thirsty intimates could get a drink or close a big deal in Volstead days. Today, beside its faded sofa, ancient radio with morning-glory horn, and murals of Charlestoning showgirls, stands a television set. Over the entrance is a neon sign (reading Chateau de L'ayem), a gift to Sime from Protégé Jimmy Durante...
...evening in March, 1941, Mrs. Pauline Washburh, a greying, grandmotherly Manhattan widow, picked up her telephone and heard a pleasant voice say: "You're the winner of the Pot o' Gold. Congratulations! Your gift of $900 will arrive in 20 minutes...
...court agreed that Mrs. Washburn was $180 better off for not particularly liking radio. Because she was not listening to the Pot o' Gold program, she was obviously not participating in the show. Therefore, said the Court, the $900 was clearly not a prize, but a tax-exempt gift...