Word: honeymooned
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...Luce were to leave on their honeymoon they received an advance copy of the TIME review, which was, for perhaps obvious reasons, less harsh than the newspapers. "Harry paced up and down the room and finally said: 'Darling, no Marion Davies you. You know this wasn't a good play and I know that it wasn't a good play. I'm going to write a review.' " He did, but deciding that it was still too kind, she rewrote it. Their collaboration, which damned her efforts as "tedious psychiatry," appeared the following week...
...first quarter, living costs soared at an annual rate of 8.8%, more than triple the 2.5% figure that Nixon has set as a goal. Retail food prices leaped 3.2% in March alone, the biggest rise since record-keeping began in 1952. The price surge all but ended the second honeymoon between AFL-CIO Chief George Meany and the White House. Said Meany: "In his Inaugural Address in January, the President advised Americans to help themselves. It is obvious that this is what unions are going to be forced to do at the bargaining table...
...other expense-account societies: anywhere from one-fifth to four-fifths of all entertainment expenditures are bogus. One hard-drinking salesman spent $3,000 a month at 38 different bars; investigators found that he usually drank alone. An executive put his daughter's wedding-bridal kimono, banquet, honeymoon and all-on his expense account. In fact, it is common practice in Japan to phone a friend at another company and ask permission to use his name for some fictitious entertainment. "I have done it whenever I needed a stiff drink for myself and my staff after a long spell...
...when she came sprinting out and leaped into my arms. That assured me that everything would be all right and any problems could be solved because of our love." The couple decided to take their marriage vows over again-a reaffirmation of personal commitment-and go on a honeymoon. Many other returned P.O.W.s are also having symbolic second wedding ceremonies...
World War II ended for Shoichi Yokoi, 57, only last year when the former Japanese imperial army corporal was found hiding out in the jungles of Guam. Now a prosperous tailor in Nagoya, Yokoi brought his new bride Mihoko, 45, back to the island for their honeymoon. Visiting his cave hideout, a favorite spot with tourists these days, Yokoi asked: "How could I have wasted all those years in this dirty hole?" Trapped in the jungle for a couple of steamy hours because of helicopter trouble, Yokoi muttered that he simply "hated the looks of the jungle" and couldn...