Word: lavishly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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They were full of calculated benevolence. At Hinky Dink's saloon, the Workingmen's Exchange, beer was served in two-handled, 28-oz. mugs, and no hungry man was ever turned away from the lavish free lunch. The pair staged an annual First Ward ball which was attended by thousands of whores, pickpockets, hopheads, politicians and pimps. Their guests drank free champagne, brawled, engaged in orgiastic dancing, and cheered as Bathhouse John led the Grand March wearing a bright green cutaway, mauve vest, lavender pants and a high silk...
...yacht, entered a horse in England's Grand National. The horse fell, but V.E. and his wife, Dorothy Elizabeth Woodruff, whom he had met at Cornell, liked the country. They leased Rockingham Castle, built in Norman times, spent a small fortune modernizing it, soon became known for their lavish parties. For one party, V.E. reportedly imported 300 guests from the U.S., paying their fares both ways. For such didos he won the somewhat dubious title of "The King of Glory." He became master of the exquisitely manicured Woodland Pytchley Hounds, fox-hunted with the Prince of Wales...
Mexican Catholic clergy tend to view the weak Protestant competition as a U.S. plot for domination of Mexico, financed by lavish quantities of gringo gold. Said one priest last week: Protestant missionaries, who have been dispensing medicine, clothing, etc., are like the British missionaries in Ireland during the famine of 1847 who bought Catholic souls, with soup. They are all metiches - people who stick their noses into other people's business. "In the U.S. you have 80 million people who profess no religion at all. If the Protestants want to save souls, why don't they...
Holiday in Mexico (MGM) stimulates the eye and ear, but gives the pulse and brain a good 127-minute rest. It is chiefly a lavish Technicolor showcase for the considerable singing talents of a freshfaced young actress named Jane Powell. Jane plays the adolescent daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Mexico (Walter Pidgeon). The plot relentlessly examines her kittenish romance with the British ambassador's young son (Roddy McDowall) and her schoolgirl crush on celebrated Pianist Jose Iturbi ( played by Jose Iturbi). Between times there are songs by Jane, songs by Ilona Massey (father Pidgeon's romantic interest...
Under convivial fur-expert James Howell Cummings, who succeeded old John B. as president, Stetson also made a name as an "industrial democracy." At lavish Christmas parties, employes were given turkeys, gold watches, bonuses totaling up to $400,000 a year. There was a Stetson hospital, Stetson Sunday school, Stetson chorus, Stetson baseball team, Stetson tennis courts and swimming pool, even a Stetson cooperative grocery. But the depression put an end to most of this...