Word: horse
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Coco is more of a bore than a bomb. Opening night was like a disastrous party. Everyone who was anyone was there, primed for some kind of theatrical night of nights. Dramatically, the champagne was flat, the hors d'oeuvres tasted of sawdust, and the small talk on-and...
There's an enormous platter of live black eels in an inky sauce, and that's only the hors d'oeuvres. As the guests seat themselves at the banquet, their hostess urinates in a silver chamber pot. Slaves stumble over garbage-strewn floors bearing trays of delicacies...
Nixon-or his successor-may have a chance for another party in the White House when Ellington celebrates his 75th. The Duke is far from retired. He has just about finished one opera, is planning another and thinking about new ballet and orchestra pieces. "I don't know where...
THE $1500 that would have gone to the boat ride would be spent instead on free Coca-Cola and Ginger Ale, free hors d'ourvres like potato chips and crackers, and a real live soul band--the name of which has become another of those wistful memories that are Harvard...
-Considered hors concours are Leigh and Mary Block, whose gilt-edged collection, valued at $10 million, focuses conservatively on impressionists and postimpressionists. It is currently touring U.S. museums.