Word: occasionals
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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It was about this time that Mike paid his first visit to the United States. "I clearly remember that November day in 1936," he recalled, "when Roosevelt was elected President for the second time. It was a very interesting occasion." Seven years later he returned to America as a member...
In Inner Mongolia, reported New China News Agency, peasants "marked the occasion with revelry that included singing, dancing, and decorating their houses with lamps." In Kiangsi province they beat drums and gongs and shot off firecrackers. Cause of all this merriment: formation of two new "people's communes"-the...
In the far corner raged undefeated retired Heavyweight Champ (1926-28) Gene Tunney, ably seconded by Polly, his socialite wife of 30 years. His opponent: burly Yugoslav Dictator Tito, a canny pro at the political bob-and-weave. Occasion of the scrap: Tunney's second honeymoon, which the ex...
Drink to Me Only (by Abram S. Ginnes and Ira Wallach) is one of those titles that proclaim something farcical while not guaranteeing anything funny. The play is indeed an anything-goes sort of script, and all too much of it goes awry. Perhaps the producers decided not to fret...
Although Wolfe felt oppressed by New England morality, there is no evidence that it had the slightest real effect on him. His letters refer to various affairs, and the writings of the last year especially are filled with allusions to a particular unnamed girl. On one occasion he wrote: "Last...