Word: holidaying
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Holiday at Home. After seeing Mohammed off on Thanksgiving , morning (and presenting a "Miss America" doll from his daughter Patricia for Mohammed's daughter Amina). Nixon stopped briefly at the White House, then went home. Pat Nixon had roasted the 9-lb. turkey; Nixon's mother, Mrs. Hannah Nixon, had baked an apple pie; daughter "Tricia" had made paper nut holders shaped like Pilgrims' hats. Daughter Julie had worked all morning making place cards of yellow paper, taken from the work pads in her father's den, brightly colored with crayon. The Vice President...
...book opens, the Plaza is shaken to the roots of its potted palms because Eloise and her downtrodden Nahnee are summoned to Paris by Mother for a holiday "to get roses in our cheeks." Somehow Eloise manages to cross the Atlantic ("Actually the pilot has nothing to do, so you can help him count the comets'') with 37 pieces of luggage, including two cans of kippers. Once in Paris, Eloise finds the possibilities unlimited, and her range may be gathered from this memorable confession: "I toujours tweak the Apollo Belvedere whenever I leave the Louvre...
...Dining Halls will stage a full-scale Thanksgiving dinner for Thursday's lunch to reward those who remain for the holiday. William A. Heaman, manager of Dining Halls, reported that his department has purchased 5,000 pounds of "grade A" Tom Turkey for the huge meal...
Dean Ballard announced that the Winthrop and Lowell House dining halls will be closed all day and residents of those Houses may eat in any other House. Meals will be served at holiday hours, between...
Hollywood got set for the holiday trade and the annual year-end scramble for Oscars. Still in the can but ready for release are a batch of ambitious films with which cinemoguls hope to capture both cash and glory...