Word: granded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pointed to a corner of the Llandudno Grand Hotel's lounge, where Leopold Amery sat, sparrowlike, on the edge of a big easy chair, munching a cracker and talking to a circle of followers. In the opposite corner sprawled Anthony Eden, expounding his viewpoint to his own group of disciples. Both had to shout to be heard above the squeaky strains of a teatime violin, piano and cello...
...Uncommon Touch. The uncommon touch was most grandly exemplified by Winston Churchill, who on the conference's last day made the kind of stirring speech that only he can make. Winnie arrived at Llandudno's Grand Hotel accompanied by Mrs. Churchill and his chocolate-brown poodle, Rufus. The entire hotel staff was lined up to welcome him. "God bless you, sir," a waitress cried as he passed...
...grand salon of Havana's domed presidential palace was packed to its mirrored walls with sweating, frock-coated diplomats and Cuban officials. From the plaza outside rose the roar of crowds, the snip-snap of firecrackers. Cannon boomed in salute. Carlos Prío Socarrás, 45, was being sworn in as Cuba's 17th President. With a warm abrazo, 61-year-old Professor-President Ramón Grau San Martin turned over his office to one of his favorite pupils, a student leader in the 1933 revolution that first raised Grau to the presidency...
...charming French couple, Nissol Aladjem and Hazel Brill, (Smith '50) came off with the grand prix of the evening, a bottle of real champagne and a bottle of real French ("Chanel Five") perfume, according to the anglicized legend on the label...
Eager undergraduates flooded the Coop yesterday and picked up more than $40,000 in refund checks as General Manager G. E. Cole prepared for further inroads amounting to a grand total...