Word: host
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...formed only a few days before, assembled in the spacious (definitely not split-level) dwelling belonging to an account executive of one of the larger New York advertising agencies. Clutching an unaccustomed cup of coffee, and reclining in a canvas chair that sagged gracefully beneath his trim figure, the host and chairman began...
...Funny, my eye," roared the host. "Wait till you see what he says about you girls. He makes you all sound like a bunch of overcompensating sexpots...
...celebrate the impending release of his movie, Sincerely Yours, Pianist Wladziu Valentino Liberace threw a party at his new San Fernando Valley home. Mamma Liberace supplied meat balls around a swimming pool built in the shape of a piano, and the host was served up in a black suit and gold tie studded with rhinestones. Asked by a guest how he got away with such sartorial splendor, Liberace replied: "It takes guts...
...secondary education. Teacher morale, said six principals of academic high schools, has reached an alltime low while pupil insolence has hit a record high. Not only must the teacher cope with proven delinquents because there are not facilities enough to handle them; he must also take in a host of virtual nonreaders from the lower schools. Said Principal John McNeill of Brooklyn's Erasmus Hall High School: "We are shocked and depressed by the general failure of the authorities to understand the sorry deterioration in our high schools. The resentment of teachers who feel that no one at headquarters...
Unlike tempestuous Arturo Toscanini, Walter does not frighten musicians into playing right; he coaxes them. When, with his mellow German accent, he says, "Come, let's have it again." he might be talking to forgetful children, and when he says, "Once more, letter D," he sounds like a host inviting some guests to have another helping of Sacher Torte. There is endless patience, endless attention to detail. "Aha!" he shouts over the slow movement. "Ssst! Second violins, make a diminuendo ..." The music starts again, and "Right!" shouts the old gentleman vehemently, making the listener jump in his seat...