Word: mansions
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Common Law. The Waldorf seat in the House of Lords and Cliveden, the family mansion, passed to Waldorf in 1919. Nancy not only became a lady but also moved into her husband's vacant seat in Commons. She was the first woman Member of Parliament, where she remained until 1945. An advocate of women's and children's rights, she constantly issued statements on her other enthusiasms: Christian Science, the prohibition of intoxicating beverages and the dangers of Communism and labor unions...
...VICE-PRESIDENTIAL SWEEPSTAKES: A quadrennial long-distance obstacle course for ambitious politicians with a touch of masochism. Purse: $65,600 annual salary; partially furnished mansion on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C.; presidency of the U.S. Senate; substantial perquisites. Qualifications: 35-year-olds and above; a natural-born citizen; proven endurance at giving and listening to speeches; ability to respond to the whip and obey sometimes demeaning commands. Limitations: Track may be shifted, entry fees forfeited, and a new field named pending outcome of big stakes races in New Hampshire, Florida, Wisconsin and California in early 1976. Postpositions, names of entries...
...young American converts, who regard the South Korean cult leader (TIME, Sept. 30, 1974) as the second Christ. Asking no questions, they obediently hawk candy and flowers, raising millions to spread the faith. They exist on a shoestring, while Moon, 55, lives in lordly fashion in a 25-room mansion in New York's Westchester County...
Residents of the quiet Derbyshire village of Parwich, 110 miles north of London, had been curious for weeks about what was going on at "White Meadows," a red brick Edwardian mansion just outside of town. When it was sold last spring, its name was changed to "The Red House." Guards patroled the grounds, and no one from the place so much as set foot in the Sycamore Arms, the local pub. Late one night last week they found out. Switching on powerful floodlights, a force of 100 policemen raided the three-story house. While they made no arrests, they claimed...
...fascinating and contrasting personalities. Judge Carter, 64, a sharp-featured, talkative man, has known the Hearsts for years. "Heavens," he says, "you can't be around California and not know Randy." The judge remembers Patty as a little girl running through the family's former 15-room mansion in the wealthy suburb of Hillsborough. He is not overwhelmed by the Hearsts or intimidated by his job. Says he: "All of their money and power falls off me like water off a duck's back...