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...their pool, but after the beast chased Ethel into a parked car, it was sent ott to a zoo. Now the Attorney General and his wife go in for more formal entertaining. Ethel has refurbished Hickory Hill, seats her guests on period chairs, provides candlelight. Ethel tends to greet her guests with an over-the-shoulder "Hi ya kid," but there have been no dunkings lately, and her parties, attended by diplomats, Cabinet members, and Bobby's Justice Department boys...
...parody of the Northern White "Liberal," she bounced confidently and sensually over the red-clay Georgia road, her sandals flicked up small clouds of dust, her face full and bright and her eyes flashing and darting as if she were caught up in a desperate search for someone to greet. The road was lined with small gray shacks of the sort owned by whites and rented at exhorbitant prices to Negroes. As she neared a cracked old structure that had settled dangerously on its western foundation, she stopped suddenly, flipped open the notebook that she carried, entered a remark...
...major obstacle in his own work for voter registration. Many Negroes find his message disturbing, and as a result resent him. "Every Negro in Americus knows who I am, where I've been for the past three months, and what I've done," he stated, "but many still greet me, if at all, like a white insurance agent coming to collect money every week...
...elaborate, opening of the museum reflected Mrs. Gardner's love of ceremony. No newsmen had been allowed in, so curiosity ran high. On New Year's Eve 1903, Mrs. Gardner finally welcomed a few friends into her mansion. They rose to greet her as she sat on a balcony above the court. Then there was a concert by members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra...
...Metropolitan Opera had two new productions ready to greet the opening of its 79th season last week-a lavish but disappointing Aïda and a modest Manon. Aïda succeeded in sharing some of the opening night glitter with its $50-a-seat audience, but it was plagued by the galloping vulgarity that now and then attacks the Met's production staff. Manon appeared with a blush three nights later and, despite troubles of its own, triumphed quietly...