Word: impromptu
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...Wife. Liz, who got to the dressing room just in time to hug a bare-chested Eddie, obviously agreed. Her 50-diamond bracelet, she announced at an impromptu press conference, was Eddie's engagement present. "We intend to travel and see as much of the world as we can," said Eddie. Added Liz demurely: "And we would like to travel as man and wife...
Having wigwagged one relaxing message to the West, the Soviet boss felt called upon to resume his menace. He rose to make an impromptu speech. "Elbow us and we will break your elbow," he growled. "The Western countries who want to maintain the state of war do not want to secure peace. If you want to frighten us, all right, we are frightened. But do not go on frightening...
Scheduled topics range from "Will Alliances Keep the Peace?" and "Are We Realistic about Communist Powers?" to "A 'Better Neighbor' Policy in Latin America?" and "Peace in the Middle East--Whose Job?" Events during the week will be both announced forums and impromptu discussions...
Later, concertmaster Alfred Krips with a '33 banner as a shawl and a boater on his head, did an impromptu Charleston while playing with the orchestra, Hay-man's "Dancing Through the Years...
...With his impromptu Rodgers-Gershwin-Porter recital, Cliburn warmed up to play the last movement of the Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto at a concert of the leading prizewinners on the evening his victory was announced. He was called back for three encores, finally retired to shouts of "more" in English. As soon as the hall was empty, technicians scurried in, kept Cliburn at the keyboard until the early hours of morning while they reproduced his triumph on film...