Word: hostessing
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...argument that women are too hormonally unstable for positions of power, was scheduled to speak, but fled without a word. One braless and strapping writer for the Village Voice interrupted serious oratory by abruptly stripping to her panties and plunging into the swimming pool. Writer Gloria Steinem, a co-hostess at the party, offered a solemn interpretation of the movement: "The problem with Women's Lib is that it is misunderstood by men. Men think that once women become liberated, it will mean no more sex for men. But what men don't realize is that if women...
...Home Journal interview, and shares the center fold with her sister Julie in Vogue. She led millions of television viewers on a tour of the White House living quarters, displaying an enviable stage presence as she showed off family mementos and shared some family secrets. Then she was hostess to 2,000 children at a concert on the White House lawn. Questioned by reporters following the concert, Tricia said that her television appearance had brought her several offers of on-camera jobs. She turned them down. "What I'd really like," she said as she watched newsmen scribble down...
Reporter Galvin's first meeting with the researchers involved dinner at the home of Mrs. Johnson -who long ago learned that restaurant eavesdroppers make dining-out interviews impossible. Galvin was not at all surprised to find her hostess entertaining in slacks. "After all, that's fashionable," she says, "but it was a bit startling to have Dr. Masters come in the door a few minutes later wearing orange terry-cloth jogging pants. He explained that they always dress this way on Sundays to make it seem as if they are not working-though most of the time they...
Since the escalation in Cambodia, it seems that Presidential Adviser Henry Kissinger's social life has de-escalated accordingly. Washington Hostess (and spirited dove) Barbara Howar, with tongue partly in cheek, has threatened a unilateral withdrawal from their once flourishing alliance. "I told Henry that I'll be glad to see him any time he wants me to help him clear out his desk at the White House," chides Barbara. "Nothing will kill a romance faster than a land war in Asia...
...Shirley's mouth fell agape-and suddenly silent-when British National Theater Star Maggie Smith (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) won an upset victory as best actress. "Son of a gun!" marveled Hostess Gwen Davis. "They voted for a talent!" During Elizabeth Taylor's appearance on the screens, there were ribald comments about her cleavage, her saucer-sized diamond and her apparent fury over her husband Richard Burton's failure to win an Oscar for his performance in Anne of the Thousand Days. "Who is this?" asked Marvin. "She's grown up. I thought...