Word: host
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...least of the human race. There are listless worshipers before her altars . . . yet the divine glow is present in enough hearts with sufficient frequency to make the Roman Mass the most successful religious service known to man. The hush which comes over most congregations when the consecrated host is elevated is not a matter of theatrical effects cleverly arranged; something is really happening in the hearts of many of the people . . . The power of the Mass is a fact which Protestants cannot escape; it must be faced...
After a swim in the pool, we sat on the edge while the businessman stressed that MacArthur was one of the best products of America, and would give the country the sort of dictatorship it needed. Finally our host invited us to have a drink, and on parting he gave both of us a pamphlet which advocates that Marshall aid be stopped and the British immigrate in large numbers to others parts of the world...
...ambassadors at the United Nations and in Moscow: sound out the Russians. At the U.N., the sounding produced only hollow noises. Russia's Jacob Malik, who had floated the first hint of peace, holed up in his Glen Cove mansion, claiming illness. One night he appeared as host at a U.N. dinner, tuxedoed and healthy-looking-but he dodged all questions about a ceasefire...
...Among them: Society Columnist Austine ("Bootsie") Hearst; Society Hostess Gwen Cafritz; Society Divorcee Nina Lunn; Margaret Thors, daughter of the Icelandic minister; Elena Machado, the host's daughter...
...first big party for staffers from Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe was held by British Field Marshal Montgomery on the lawn before the 17th Century castle of Courances near Fontainebleau. Among the guests who sipped drinks à I'anglaise (lukewarm and weak) and chatted with the host: General & Mrs. Eisenhower...