Word: heirloom
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...multiest of the multimillionaires on the passenger list. At one time, he is reputed to have had on salary a battalion of butlers who would duly report from the best homes of Britain and America any tips they might pick up on who might be ready to sell another heirloom. Duveen also had a wicked way of dealing with his competitors. Once, when a High Church duke asked him to take a look at a religious painting he was considering from the rival firm of Thomas Agnew & Sons, Duveen blandly said: "Very nice, my dear fellow, very nice...
...Luzon's rich but rough province of Batangas, the Laurel family hangs onto political power like an heirloom. Three generations of Laurels have served the ruling Nacionalista Party with tooth and claw. Jose Laurel Sr. was a puppet President of the Philippines under the Japanese occupation. His son, Jose Laurel Jr., spent four years as Speaker of the House, baiting the U.S. and sampling nightclubs. He lost his bid for the vice-presidency in 1957 after a tumultuous campaign in which he handed out switchblades as souvenirs. In the same election, Jose Jr.'s son, Jose Laurel...
Kennedy had a New Deal heirloom that Humphrey could not match. Campaigning hard for him through desolate coal fields of southern West Virginia was New York's Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., and every time he mentioned "my father" he raised a storm of applause.Roosevelt even addressed his listeners as "my friends," and said of Kennedy: "He hates war." (In a below-the-belt attack on Humphrey's in voluntary 4-F status in World War II, Roosevelt praised Kennedy's war heroism, said that Humphrey "is a good Democrat, but I don't know where...
Manhattan witnessed other dance premières last week that made Balanchine's carpet look like a quiet family heirloom...
...Angeles, Laundromat Proprietor Sui Ming Leung, 52, was fined $500 after he admitted trying to steal $1,500 worth of heirloom jewelry that a customer of his was washing in one of the machines...