Word: hostessing
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...rare fits of humility. "I am the kind of woman I would run from." In 84 years of almost constant exercise, Nancy Aster's acerbic tongue and quixotic heart led many to agree with her self-estimate. As Britain's leading feminist, best-known hostess, and fulltime gadfly, she herself was criticized, denounced and derided during much of her life, but all her foes in chorus could not have insulted so many people of high and low station so joyously as Lady Astor...
...Cliveden was in the news for very different reasons. A born hostess, Nancy loved to bring together weekend guests of all nationalities, religions and political convictions. Nonetheless, because the Astors' most frequent visitors included top Tories and the editors of the two Astor newspapers, the London Times and the Observer, the Cliveden set became a sinister synonym for the forces in Britain that believed in making a deal with Hitler. Though actually Prime Minister Chamberlain fervently believed in appeasement with no persuasion from his hostess, Nancy Aster's failure to accept the final futility of his policy caused...
CARNY (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). The American carnival, a billion-dollar business involving 15,000 people and 550 different carnivals. Hostess and narrator is Fan Dancer Sally Rand. Color...
...really needn't have worried, but after all, acting as official White House hostess at 16 can be slightly overwhelming. So Luci Barnes Johnson primped nervously as she prepared for an East Room musicale by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. But she let it all happen naturally, and the result was as fresh as a cherry blossom. "I don't really realize that I am a President's daughter," she told reporters, "and that I represent American youth. If I did, I would go out of my mind." It is best to be yourself, she went on, even...
...Radcliffe College Council at its monthly meeting yesterday, Mrs. Gilbert will assume many--but not all--of the duties now fulfilled by Mrs. Bunting. She will concentrate especially on soliciting contributions to Radcliffe and on carrying out the social functions of the presidency. Thus, she will act as hostess for the college and will work with the alumni...