Word: host
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...proud to be the rearguard of such a gallant group of men," he said. But he did not dwell on the drama of the occasion, or say much about that vast host, once so young, so fierce, so frightened, so deadly, and now gone except for him. The drummer boy was so old that none of it really seemed important. He said happily that he had shoveled the walk six times during the winter, and still smoked eight cigars...
Building on retailing's oldest precept, that the customer is always right, the Webbers established a host of services, including one of the most liberal refund systems in the world. If a Hudson's customer decides he doesn't like something he has bought, all he has to do is pick up the phone and say so; one of Hudson's 300 delivery trucks will come and take the merchandise back. Hudson's has been known to credit merchandise bought ten years before and never used. Last year, Hudson's actually sold more than...
...Council members will play host to 400 high school students from Greater Boston today in "Massachusetts' first model United Nations sessions," Council president Samuel A. Olevson '54 announced last night...
That night Trujillo was host at a lavish reception in the Mayflower Hotel's Chinese Room and an adjoining ballroom. The decorations included 1,000 red roses; the buffet table was 50 feet long; the service was of gold; champagne bubbled from lighted fountains. "Washington hasn't seen anything like last night for a long time," gushed a Washington Post society chronicler...
Pennsylvania won the epee team title with 25 points. Navy followed with 21 and host Yale won third with 20. NYU's defending titlists and Cornell deadlocked with the Crimson for fourth with 17 points each...