Word: guested
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that afternoon Bess Truman, only an honorary Daughter, attended a D.A.R. tea in her honor. Asked if she might be a guest at similar teas, later, the taciturn First Lady shrugged. "Why not?" she asked...
Somewhat less elated and carefree were the men who held the fate of nearly a fifth of mankind in their hands. On the eve of the national anniversary they were seated around a banqueting table in Chungking. Guest of honor was Mao Tse-tung, the Communist leader from Yenan, a man with destiny written in his strong face. Opposite him sat one of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's chief negotiators, shrewd General Chang Chih-chung. For 45 seesawing days the two men, backed by their aides, had pitted plan against plan to heal the breach between Communist China...
...Betsy Edmonds, 3, made a guest appearance on Manhattan's WHN For Women Only program, billed as the world's youngest book reviewer. Her choice to review: Mother Goose and Father Gander...
...lose the support of educators if sold to a sponsor), School of the Air gets a lot of special handling, and quite a budget ($150,000 a year). Last year 800 actors and musicians and 45 scriptwriters were used on one or another of its 150 pro grams. Its guest performers have included Carl Van Doren, Archibald MacLeish, Orson Welles, Canada Lee, Tallulah Bankhead, Deems Taylor. The Army broadcast it to servicemen over 400 radio stations, and the OWI beamed it to Australia and New Zealand...
...deck and yelled hearty gibes at Congressmen and others as they came dockside. One was James M. Barnes, former Illinois Congressman and one of Franklin Roosevelt's "secret six" assistants. Jim Barnes's imminent departure from Washington was the excuse for the get-together. He was the guest of honor; the President was merely another guest of Russell M. Arundel, Washington attorney, who signed the check at the club...