Word: humors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kennedy was obviously not in a retiring mood, and proved it during his White House reception for Ivory Coast President Félix Houphouet-Boigny and his stunning wife, Marie-Thérèse. There, Kennedy mixed politics, protocol and humor. Seated between Mme. Houphouet-Boigny and Mme. Ernest Boka, wife of the Ivory Coast Supreme Court Chief Justice, he regaled both women in his Boston-accented French. He even inquired about the designer of Mme. Houphouet-Boigny's dress; informed that it was by Balmain, Kennedy observed that this would disappoint Dior...
...Estes' own unverified books indicated debts of $38,387,935 and assets of $20,793,155. Estes was ordered to present a plan by June 15 for paying off his creditors. Droll Judge R. Ewing Thomason, 83, looked down at Estes' creditors, found a bit of wry humor in their predicament. "About all you'd have left is the newspaper,'' observed the judge. "But I'm sure you won't need that, with all the publicity you are getting." Billie Sol smiled for the first time at the hearing-he knew what...
...Taste of Honey. Shelagh Delaney, Britain's angry young ma'am, tells a story of the Lancashire slums with concussive humor, dramatic drive, and a melancholy flair for the poetry of wasted lives...
...associations with Billie Sol Estes? Freeman shrugged, hopelessly and helplessly. He had, he told newsmen, met Estes once, briefly, when Estes was paying one of many visits to Agriculture Department headquarters in Washington. Said Freeman: "I might recognize him in pictures." Then he mustered up a bit of bitter humor: "I'm sure I'll never forget the name." The newsmen laughed...
...Taste of Honey. Shelagh Delaney, Britain's angry young ma'am, tells a story of the Lancashire slums with concussive humor, dramatic drive, and a melancholy flair for the poetry of wasted lives...