Word: kept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hills of Turkestan to arranging intrigues in the smoke-filled backrooms of Communist capitals. For most, the excitement and variety of the work constitute its prime reward, and Henry Serrano Villard, a career diplomat for fifty years, would agree. But the niggardly budget of the State Department has not kept up with rising costs around the world, and the U.S. diplomat consequently has been exposed to severe indignities. Villard has collected all the gripes of his fifty years in the Service in his new book, Affairs at State, which becomes one huge suggestion...
After the Elis had taken an early 4-3 lead, Harvard stunned the standing-room-only crowd by reeling off 17 straight points. And the Crimson kept going strong after that; they led 44-13 late in the period and left the court at halftime with a 27-point lead...
...being destroyed, throwing empty oyster shells at a picture of Hitler, and making tape recordings for the "crabs" who will judge mankind in the thirtieth century. He sees no one, and refuses an interview with his father, whom he associates with the family's Nazi background. Even time is kept out of his attic world. The only one who can see him is Leni, his sister, who brings him his meals and loves him incestuously. To keep Frantz for herself, Leni refuses to tell him that his father is to die of throat cancer in six months and wants...
...Baeza's second accident in a week: three days before, he had been lucky to escape with a bruised ankle when a horse jammed his leg against the starting gate. That first mishap kept him out of action for only half a day; after the second, doctors insisted that he stay in bed for 17 hours. Neither was likely to shake the almond-eyed Panamanian who is known in the trade as "El Chino" and "Stoneface," and who last year won more stake races (24) and more money ($2,582,702) than any other jockey...
Fine Bindings. He gave up his California home and, although he kept an apartment in Manhattan, Rubinstein has always considered Paris his home base. He maintains a house there, on the Rue Foch, next door to Debussy's old home, as well as a summer place on the Costa del Sol. Still, he rarely gets a chance to stay in one place for long. He has never stopped living well, and indeed, next to his music, he loves traveling best. "If I were not a pianist," he says, "I would be a travel agent." He could also be a professional...