Word: mardi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...some 250 plays (including My Fair Lady, Camelot); of pneumonia; in Norwalk, Conn. Gruff, unfailingly honest and highly literate, Maney assailed the theater for its "notorious affair with mediocrity," and engaged in monumental bouts with such employers as Orson Welles and Billy Rose. "Producing," he once said, "is the Mardi Gras of the professions- anyone with a mask and enthusiasm can bounce into it." Yet in his tart, tough way, he was fond of the theater. As he once put it: "Pressagentry can be a gay life for one with detachment, and with an understanding of why the theater...
...BEAT OF THE BRASS (CBS, 9-10 p.m.). Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass take a musical trip around the U.S. stopping in such places as New Orleans during Mardi Gras, the children's zoo in Los Angeles, and New York's Ellis Island...
KRAFT MUSIC HALL (NBC, 9-10 p.m.). Musicians Al Hirt and Pete Fountain, Singer Lana Cantrell and Dancer Peter Gennaro in New Orleans for "Mardi Gras...
...plus the club's cut-rate fare for the trips that a subscriber elects to make. Most are weekend hops, as many as 40 a year, and by taking as few as two of them, a member comes out ahead. Favorite destinations include New Orleans (for Mardi Gras), the Caribbean and Mexico. One popular destination is simply labeled Unknown-clubs have found that the planes are fullest for "mystery" flights, for which members are told only the cost and what kind of clothing to wear...
Gathering in the French Quarter for a two-day meeting of the Republican National Committee, G.O.P. leaders found themselves in the thick of a determined stop-George movement. Though the city's pre-Mardi Gras atmosphere was giddily festive, the conclave itself was marked by sober misgivings about the Michigan Governor's ability to speak out clearly on major domestic and international issues. As some of Romney's support began to erode, Richard Nixon, the G.O.P.'s perennial workhorse, began to shape up as its potential dark horse as well. Clearing the Track. The former Vice...