Word: guested
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...accepted an invitation to dinner from a group of top-level Washington correspondents and bureau chiefs, who wanted his estimate of the Asian situation, particularly in the light of his recent visit there. Under the accepted ground rules for such Washington "background"' conferences-absolutely no attribution to the guest-"Mick" Carney had his say. After the correspondents checked the admiral's statements with some of their other sources in Washington, the stories they wrote exploded into sensational headlines at home and abroad. The world was told that the U.S. officially expected the Chinese Communists to attack the Matsu...
...have te sleep in ordinary beds. If he desires to bathe in a Roman bath like the Caesars of old, he should have the opportunity of paying a few more pennies in taxes for that privilege.'' In pained tones Berl Berry replied that Bartle had been a guest in his home and had abused his hospitality by taking notes on the furnishings...
...William) Harold Rea, 47, president of Canadian Oil Companies Ltd., was a logical choice for guest speaker at last week's meeting of Toronto's National Sales Executive Club. Rea's company, a 98.7% Canadian-owned firm, is one of Canada's fastest-growing oil and gas companies. Its 1954 report showed a $2,000,000 sales increase and a 20% rise in net profit over...
...fashioned courtesy call. U.S. Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce flew in from Rome ahead of him to help in the arrangements. While Scelba did not come specifically to seek aid, the important question of U.S. help to his country is bound to come up. His reception as an honored guest in the U.S. is certain to bolster his political position at home...
Every successful TV quiz show should have on its four-member panel 1) an eager beaver, 2) a funnyman, 3) a seriocomic (i.e., someone not quite as eager as the eager beaver and not quite as consciously funny as the funnyman), and 4) a guest or representative citizen...