Word: palming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When he flew north from Palm Beach in January 1961 to take over the presidency, Kennedy scratched away on a yellow pad, fashioning phrases for his Inaugural Address. He wanted them to equal those of Franklin Roosevelt, Wilson and maybe even Lincoln. What did I think, he asked, tossing the pad in my lap, fixing his bemused gaze on me to measure enthusiasm or lack of it. I couldn't read his handwriting and said so. He took the pad back, a little disgusted, and intoned a couple of his lines. Nice, I said, not at all convinced, since...
Malaysia has benefited from higher prices for rubber, palm oil and tropical hardwoods. But rather than trying to expand its economy too rapidly, the government is aiming to reduce Malaysia's $10 billion foreign debt by curbing public spending and imports...
...domineering fuchsia that raps hotly on the eyeball at 50 paces, is aggressive, confrontational; and when her line evokes eros, its grace is modified by a rough, improvisatory movement, a distrust of quick visual acceptance. Sometimes, as in Green Fuse, 1968, or Rising Green, 1972, she refers to the palm-court, winter-garden atmosphere of late Matisse; yet the shapes are too cutting to stand as undiluted emblems of luxury. Critical of the world, she is just as hard on herself, harder than most artists half her age. This is an intensely moving exhibition, and it will suggest...
...years ago following Yale's lead. "It was originally a social thing-I had occasion to see my friends from Yale and it was a lot of fun. It's a game you can play for the rest of your life, usually in nice locations, like New York and Palm Beach," said senior Peter Kelly...
...Harvard croquet team is officially considered a club sport, and members are reimbursed by the Athletic Department for their expenses. But while the University paid the way to New York, players have to finance their own expedition to Palm Beach, where the team plays in February...