Word: peeks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sort of party the Kennedys have become famous for: exclusive but not so exclusive that the public couldn't get a peek.* Outside the Dove, midnight strollers stopped and gawked through the windows until Secret Service men had to line up in a barricade to keep the celebrity watchers at bay. By 1:45 a.m., there was a buffet-smoked salmon, paté de foie gras, French pastries, goulash and spaghetti. Then everyone went back to dancing and drinking. Jackie left by 2:45, but the party swirled on until...
...public also got a peek at eight more of Jackie's letters, written before and during the White House years, when newspapers carried stories that they would go on auction this week. Four were to a haberdasher ordering socks and such for Jack, one a touching but unimportant 1954 regret to an invitation because of her husband's recent back operation, and three to Actor Basil Rathbone explaining why Jackie wanted a speech from Henry V read for Jack by Rathbone at a White House reception. "It is just one of his favorites," wrote Jackie. "He also loves...
...Apasra Hongsakula, 18, had been voted Miss Universe. Queen Sirikit, herself a famous beauty, had fussed with Pook before the contest, marching her up and down the palace halls to watch her posture. When it was all over, Pook (35-22-35) paraded into New York City for a peek at the town and the World's Fair, cooed "I hope my Queen is happy...
...everyone at the discotheque comes to dance. "People just come in to drink and chat, and that's fine by us," said Shepard. According to him, many people peek in between eight and ten every night, but decide to come back later when the crowed is larger. Things get going when a few brave souls finally congregate shortly after ten. "If the early ones would only stay, I'm sure a group would collect by nine," Shepard mused...
...their son reached the age of one, Happy and Rocky finally decided to give the world its first peek at Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Jr., and he looked like a million dollars...