Word: ranch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...trespasser was Angler Eisenhower: he was invited to fish the South Platte River on the ranch of a friend, Denver Banker Bal F. Swan...
...Groaner Bing Crosby was back for his 22nd radio season, but the blue of the night was no longer meeting the gold of the day. While lazing about his Nevada ranch this summer, he had got to thinking about his sunset theme (which he helped compose a quarter of a century ago), decided his public must be as bored with it as he is. Bing put The Blue of the Night to pasture, ordered a new instrumental piece to take its place on the Crosby show. Its tentative title: "Bing's Theme...
...regime, the government's gay caballeros seemed to abandon all restraint. The smiling President, who loved the companionship of happy people and prided himself on his conviviality, went from one party to another. Sometimes the cronies would repair to an Acapulco yacht or to one of the ranches, and certain members of the inner circle would invite a planeload of high-spirited girls to join the party. At one time or another, the name of almost every well-known Mexican movie actress was whispered as a presidential party guest. When the blowouts were staged at the Lower California ranch...
That day he announced a Cabinet that included not one of Alemán's cronies. A few days later he published a complete list of his assets-his Mexico City house, a small Veracruz ranch, his savings, his 1948 Lincoln and his furniture. The total valuation was $34,000. Then he directed that all 250,000 government employees follow his example, with a warning that the lists would be checked for accuracy and checked again when the men left government service. When the treasury sent him the President's customary $4,000 monthly check for "special expenses...
...change? Nobody was quite sure, but there were plenty of guesses among dealers. Americans seem to be buying fewer high-priced antiques, are turning increasingly to modern furnishings. New low-ceiling apartment houses and ranch homes are not suited to period furniture. On the other hand, many Europeans buy antiques as safer wealth than stocks or currency, and nouveau-riche families buy them to acquire class...