Word: host
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Francisco's Republican Mayor George Christopher and Edward V. Mills, chairman of the Host Committee for the convention, took one horrified look and sprang into action. "I wouldn't say," reckoned the mayor, "that it's a very healthy way to depict the Republican Party." Eying the photo sharply, he concluded: "These three guys look like they've been kicked." Chairman Mills, noting that the cover was selected by Art Director Leo Mannheimer under the supervision of Public Relations Man Bruce Ellis, added: "These three guys in the statue were supposed to be agreeing on something...
...visit to a ranch, Colombia's cattle-raising President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla enthusiastically admired his host's prize bulls, offered to buy one. "Your Excellency," said the rancher, "I cannot accept money from the President. I will give you a bull as a gift." Replied Rojas, squaring his shoulders: "As President, I cannot accept a gift...
...avant garde--is the full-dress Jazz Festival that will take place on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of this week (July 5-7) at Newport, Rhode Island, about a two-hour drive to the south. The Festival consists of concerts, seminars, workshops, and the like, and annually attracts a host of jazz celebrities in addition to thousands of enthusiastic fans...
...Harvard International Seminar will play host this summer as in past years to outstanding representatives from Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The members are selected through careful screening, work in many different fields, and are mostly on the brink of assuming positions of real leadership in their countries. Approximately 40 of them will be here...
Texaco Star Theater (Sat. 9:30 p.m., NBC). Jimmy Durante plays host to Peter Lawford, Anna Maria Alberghetti...