Word: nice
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gandhi's black-tie dinner at the Indian embassy. Later in the week he popped over to a United Service Organizations dinner for Bob Hope at the Washington Hilton, presented the comedian with a plaque commending him for his entertainment of U.S. servicemen. "It's nice to be here in Washington," said Hope, "or, as the Republicans call it, Camp Runamuck. It's nice to be here in Birdland." The President was equal to the occasion. Hope, he said, "is an actor who isn't, as far as I know - at least now - running for public...
Sexy Mermaids. Bound to be seen everywhere this summer, if Paco's hand-crafters can keep up with demand and charge accounts can take the gaff (dresses begin at $300, simple earrings $4), Rabanne's disks were an instant hit with the models. "It makes such a nice clatter when you move," said one. "I feel like a sexy mermaid." What happens if you sit down? "You shouldn't; they're for dancing," was Paco's prompt retort. One model tried anyway, reported: "Not bad. It sort of slips away...
...thing they lacked was a sense of guilt, which, much to Moorehead's evident regret, was imported by missionaries along with a new taboo-against strong drink. It is nice to know, however, that when a latecomer called Charles Darwin offered a consolatory dram of booze to the muted inhabitants of what he called "the fallen paradise," they rose to the occasion with noble savagery. Gravely they put their fingers before their lips. Solemnly they uttered the word "missionary." But then they drank...
...actress to Bellevue for smoking cigarettes. In 1905 the U.S. had more pianos and cottage organs than bathtubs. Mickey Mantle's testimonial versatility pales beside that of Henry Ward Beecher, the preacher, who in the 19th century endorsed numerous products, including soap, sewing machines and trusses. Once, nice girls wore black silk mittens to breakfast, and gentlemen kept their hats on indoors. And, in polite company, gentlemen referred to chickens as boy-birds and girl-birds, and never used the word peacock...
...deadly skid. Then there was canvas, which killed the reflections -but that was about all. Last week, when the $25,000 New York pro tournament opened in Madison Square Garden, a vast improvement was on hand to finally make volleying under the bright lights at least two-thirds as nice as the grass game at Forest Hills. It is a thin green rubber surface, made by U.S. Rubber, that can be rolled up, stored on cylinders, laid down in 30 minutes flat. In time, it may even become available for just about everybody's backyard Quonset court...