Word: household
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ever since Akihito turned 18 six years ago, his father's Imperial Household Board has been looking for a bride for him, and the Japanese have been in an agony of suspense over who their 125th Empress will be. To find her, the Board, whose staid members are the guardians of protocol, has canvassed the families of 860 former princes, counts, viscounts, barons and assorted daimyo (warlords). It has investigated the state of each family's finances, made copious notes on the looks, talents, and IQs of all eligible daughters. It also sent emissaries to all local ward...
...last of British wartime rationing, in effect since World War II began in 1939, will disappear next month: household coal, used in millions of living-room grates to add warmth, cheer and smog to the British winter, will henceforth be available without restriction...
...staggered telephone calls so he could keep tabs on their whereabouts throughout the day. The entire family had to beg him for money with Oriental humility. He once snorted during a murder play, "Ridiculous! In my house the purchase of the poison would be noticed at once in the household accounts...
...outdoor work program is extended by the household jobs, in which the student has a half-hour job, to be performed each day, such as waiting on table, kitchen work, or cleaning classrooms...
...activities--classes, work and household jobs, evening activity groups, and skiing--boys and girls take part togehter. Co-education is the most famous and controversial feature of Putney; it is also one of the most successful and realistic of the school's policies. Putney provides a more normal situation than does the traditional academy without creating any problems which would not arise in an ordinary community. Despite the popular stories concerning "free love", what Mrs. Hinton termed "boy-girl" problems are actually minor, with very little proctoring, and even less promiscuity...