Word: occasional
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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"Well," she testified, "Mr. Grant and myself did not have the same friends. On more than one occasion when I gave dinner parties, he would not come downstairs, but would have dinner in bed. When he did come down, he was obviously not amused, and naturally, it was embarrassing."
After the reception, the guests adjourned to a $20,000 ballroom-a tent with wood floor-built on the lawn for the occasion. Pink-and-silver silk, matching Betty's gown, hid the ceiling; great chandeliers held masses of pink gladioli. Two 20-piece or chestras (Meyer Davis and...
Back in India, the exhausting cycle of congresses and incarcerations began again. Motilal's hard-driven health was failing, and in 1931 he died. His funeral was an occasion for a tremendous demonstration of Nationalist-minded Indians. Said Gandhi : "What I have lost through Motilalji's death is...
Peering Peeresses. Paced by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, M.P.s thronged the already crowded House of Lords (no King since Charles I has been permitted to set foot in the House of Commons). The lobby was packed with peeresses who had not been able to get seats. For...
Lampooner & Landscaper. Shelby's painter was Terence Duren, frail, 40, ferocious lampooner of womanhood, an ex-Chicago Art Institute instructor, ex-Greenwich Village freelancer. For the occasion, he dolled up his studio, a former mortuary off Shelby's Main Street, with bouquets of gladioli in milk pails. He...