Word: impromptu
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Back at the Sands Hotel, there was an impromptu press conference with Rita's two daughters, eight-year-old Rebecca (by her second husband. Orson Welles) and three-year-old Yasmin (by her third, Aly Khan). "Yasmin," Pressagent Freeman proudly announced, "is the only granddaughter of the Aga Khan, and that makes her the onlv female direct descendant of Mohammed." Growled one newsman : "I got news for you. In that religion a woman is nothing." Shortly after, Rita and Dick held their own conference. United Press Newshen Aline Mosby promptly asked an embarrassing question of Argentine-born Haymes...
...production developed from some impromptu readings, done by several cast members, and those interested investigated the history of the cycle, and found only two of them had ever been presented in this country. The plays will be introduced by John V. Kelleher, associate professor of Irish Literature and History...
...Duty: A demanding boss with great executive ability. Devoted to the paratroopers, he is sometimes called "Mr. Attack," but tempers his love of action with native caution. "I never do anything impromptu," says Taylor...
...marked by an almost Bach-like counterpoint. As in Bach, each Mulligan man is busily looking for a pause, a hole in the music which he can fill with an answering phrase. Sometimes the polyphony is reminiscent of tailgate blues, sometimes it comes tumbling with bell-over-mouthpiece impromptu...
...strange way last week. Instead of the usual signs-"Caution-No Brakes" "Don't Laugh Mister. Your Daughter May Be Inside!" -they had daubed their jalopies with the earnest words: "We Want Our Schools." The slogan was cried at special mass meetings, chanted through the streets in impromptu parades. But in spite of all the agitation, the doors of Pleasant Grove's six schools remained firmly closed all week, and no one, from the superintendent on down, seemed to know how to get them open again...