Word: palmed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lounging, in gaudy, relaxing clothes, in lawn chairs under the palms with the President at their center, the "Palm Tree Cabinet" debated the best ways to press for next year's stiff Fair Deal agenda. There seemed to be plenty of time for kittenish lightheartedness in the soft warmth of the Florida Keys. One day, for example, Congressional Liaison Man Joseph Feeney was roused from a nap in the sun by a dash of cold water. Above him, grinning broadly, stood the President of the U.S., holding two empty water tumblers...
Hilton's only recent flops have been in resort hotels. (He does not consider the Caribe Hilton primarily a resort hotel.) "Whenever you see an offer of a 'Hotel in the Pines,'" says he, "stay away from it." He bought the Palm Beach Biltmore, was glad to sell it for a net loss of $183,353, also lost money in a flyer in three Bermuda hotels...
...lawyer control of a Tennessee cotton mill; his name got in the papers in a lawsuit over a $750,000 loan made to him by a New York businessman. It also turned up on the expense accounts of Howard Hughes' Rabelaisian contact man Johnny Meyer for parties in Palm Springs, Hollywood and Manhattan, complete with $100 notations for feminine "entertainment." (Krug indignantly called Meyer's accounts a "swindle...
...early afternoon on election day, only a few people hurried to the polls along the palm-shaded streets of Bacolod City, capital of Occidental Negros Province in the Philippines. As the voters entered the rickety, paper-covered polling booths they glanced nervously at the carbine-carrying, khaki-clad youths who lounged ominously outside; they were members of the 1,500-strong "special police" hired by provincial Governor Rafael Lacson to make sure that the election would turn out the way he wanted it. Police carried off ballot boxes to his home an hour before the polls closed; some ballots...
Next night, as their 90-match tour began before 13,357 fans in Madison Square Garden, Pancho got his first workout as a pro. He rocked back and let go with his big weapon-a hard, high-twisting serve. Kramer, tense and continually wiping the palm of his racket hand between shots, fired Pancho's big serves right back and won the opening game. Then Pancho broke Kramer's equally big and more accurate serve...