Word: rubirosas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Porfirio Rubirosa has held his job at the Dominican Republic's Paris embassy long enough to fray many a pair of striped pants, and the job has been good to him. In a typical workday (lately as minister counselor), he might play polo at Deauville, or catch the races at Auteuil. Evenings, unless he happened to be spreading joy in Cannes or Monte Carlo, he usually liked to start early at Maxim...
Said the Dominican Foreign Office's announcement: "Complaints received in connection with the personal conduct of Señor Porfirio Rubirosa have led to the cancellation of his appointment." Since his divorce from Doris in 1948, Rubi has become, in the words of his friend and chronicler, Hearst Columnist Cholly Knickerbocker, the "most famous foreign corespondent of the year." Tobacco Heir Richard Reynolds Jr. accused Rubi of "indiscretions" with Mrs. Marianne O'Brien Reynolds (who denied she was "ever in a hotel room" with Rubi, and got a hefty settlement). Socialite Golfer Robert Sweeny, suing...