Word: rustication
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...Next? In Atlanta, the Journal-Constitution carried an ad offering for sale a "honeymoon lodge with big stone fireplace . . . Rustic and different . . . Reason for leaving: honeymoon over...
Roger Martin Kyes, 47, brought no military experience to Washington. But he did bring a lot of experience in managing men and expediting production. Farmborn, and still vaguely rustic despite Harvard ('28) and a high standard of living, he worked up to the presidency of Harry Ferguson, Inc. (tractors and farm implements), then moved to General Motors, became a vice president and the general manager of the Truck and Coach Division. When G.M. President Erwin Wilson was tabbed as Defense Secretary, he asked Kyes to be his No. 2 man. Kyes gave up his $85,000 salary (plus large...
...Same (Marlene Dietrich and Rosemary Clooney; Columbia). Testimonials in favor of love from a globetrotter and a stay-at-home. World-wise Marlene says, "It's delicious in Rome, it's delightful in Nome," while the more rustic Rosemary finds "It still fills the bill on the back porch at home...
...huts outside Port-au-Prince's fashionable suburb of Pétionville, he is usually a raffish, cotton-stuffed fellow in sport jacket with a pink boutonniere, a big cigar and harlequin glasses; in remote Basse Guinaudée (pop. 300) on the southern peninsula, he is a rustic with a ragged face and sisal beard...
...father was Nicholas, Chieftain of Balkan Montenegro), Elena was courted by tiny (5 ft. 3 in.) Victor Emmanuel (then Prince of Naples) at the coronation of Czar Nicholas II in St. Petersburg. When the shy, awed prince fell in love with her, she was a daredevil horsewoman, had rustic manners and a deep, resonant voice. Married in 1896, they ascended the throne in 1900, where they remained until exiled...