Word: highlight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...highlight of the evening, without doubt, was Dr. Wells' spluttering tenor, which was heard now and then from behind the coronet. The entire ensemble vocalized The Sheik of Araby once, but there was no request for more of that...
...their dashing commoner best. Aside from being so easy on the eyes, the princesses both have attributes that are commendably down-to-earth. Lighthearted Birgitta, 23, teaches gymnastics in a private Stockholm elementary school; shy Désirée, 22, is duly qualified to teach kindergarten. A highlight of their visit, conveniently timed with the 50th anniversary of the American-Scandinavian Foundation, will be a Tribute-to-Sweden Ball at Manhattan's Hotel Plaza-a smorgasbord benefit to raise funds for a new youth cultural center in Jerusalem. On his 74th birthday Nationalist China's Generalissimo Chiang...
...other television highlight, coming a while later, was the appearance of an ebullient Henry Cabot Lodge from Washington. His performance drew the only loud laughs of the night's entertainment...
...group of 19 students from Junior High School 43 in Harlem will visit Harvard from Oct. 27, to Oct. 29, as a part of a program to interest "disadvantaged" pupils in a college education. Two days of classes and the Harvard-Penn football game will highlight the schedule plunned for the children...
...their global good-will tour, Thailand's jazz-loving King Bhumibol and his charming Queen Sirikit arrived in Scandinavia, made an instant hit with the populace. A highlight of their visit was an escorted tour of the old theater in Sweden's summer palace in Drottningho'm. Their escort: Sweden's King Gustav VI Adolf, whose eyes sparkled a reflection of Sirikit's exotic beauty. In Rome last week, Sirikit wowed local newsmen, who all played eulogistic variations on the theme of "the most beautiful Queen in the world." No slouch in winning popularity...