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Word: lawns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...other five incumbents strongly supported in the past, have all heard the bell and started to come out of their respective corners. Poster for poster, Councilor Walter J. Sullivan's advertising has been the most in evidence. A sign of large dimensions dominates his front lawn. Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci has displayed a marked increase in his usual close scrutiny of all issues. Most recently he has looked into the legality of the acting City Clerk and the injustice of a $5 fine for temporary parking at bus stops...

Author: By Peter S. Britell, | Title: By Way of Introduction | 10/10/1961 | See Source »

...just past midnight. The 300 guests have emerged from the gaily trimmed dining tents, and are now doing the cha cha cha on the wooden dance floor that covers part of the lawn. A champagne fountain burbles into the hollow-stem crystalware. The hostess snuggles her mink stole over her airy Howard Greer original. The host pats his cummerbund and stares expansively at his Thunderbird convertible in the drive. Then he surveys the whole scene and realizes that he is not the master of a blessed thing he surveys. The tents, the chairs, the band, the dance floor, the artificial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Home: You-Rent-lt | 9/8/1961 | See Source »

...Ralston. 19. the U.S.'s third-ranked amateur player, the nickname "Dennis the Menace." A racket kicker and net pounder whose uninhibited language has occasionally curled the hair of spectators and court officials. Ralston was sentenced to one year's probation last winter by the august U.S. Lawn Tennis Association for his displays of temperament in the U.S. and Australia. Despite his adolescent antics. Ralston's graceful style and big serve made him one of the top favorites to beat out Australia's Rod Laver for the U.S. singles championship at Forest Hills this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Menace Scratched | 9/8/1961 | See Source »

...wasn't too surprised when Mrs. Kennedy decided to use the lawn of our national shrine at Mount Vernon for a dinner party [July 21]. Perhaps this can be followed by a cookout at the Lincoln Memorial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 28, 1961 | 7/28/1961 | See Source »

...history. White House Chef René Verdon presided proudly over Army field kitchens that served avocado and crabmeat mimosa, poulet chasseur avec couronne de riz clamart (hunter-style chicken with rice), framboises à la crème Chantilly and petits jours secs. After dinner, the guests strolled across the lawn to rows of camp chairs, settled back for a concert by the National Symphony Orchestra (selections: Mozart's Allegro con Spirito from Symphony No. 35 in D Major, Gershwin's American in Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Capital: Brass & Iron | 7/21/1961 | See Source »

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