Word: rumba
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...meat and fowl. They were entertained by Parisian Chanteuse Patachou (who got $10,000 for a week's work). Colonel Pérez Jiménez, dressed in a braid-crusted white tunic and black trousers with a crimson stripe, himself danced the first rumba...
Life Members. As times have changed, so has the dance and the business of teaching it. The fox trot, which first came into vogue about 40 years ago, is still the most popular, but the rumba is close behind. In Murray's studios, men used to outnumber women by 6 to 4; now the gap has narrowed. The 40-and-up age group used to be Murray's best customers; but since World War II, largely as a result of his accreditation under the G.I. Bill's education benefits, Murray has been getting a younger...
...Rumba Lesson. As the first checks rolled in, Steen bought himself a flaming red Lincoln and sports jacket to match, now tours his mining properties with a Dalmatian sitting beside him in the car. Occasionally, he flies his private plane up to Salt Lake City for rumba lessons...
...plate Coronation Ball in London's Savoy Hotel revived two of President Eisenhower's four official U.S. representatives after the long ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Turned out in gold-braided full-dress uniform, General of the Army Omar Bradley launched into an enthusiastic off-beat rumba with Editor Fleur (Look) Cowles, whose diamond tiara was as grand as anything worn by a peeress...
Adios (Gisele MacKenzie; Capitol). A fresh voice, an old rumba and a jingling, clattering Afro-Cuban accompaniment add up to a first-rate new love song...