Word: sevens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...auction in Manhattan's Parke-Bernet Galleries seven years ago, Showman Billy Rose thought that a Frans Hals painting was his for $20,000. But from the auctioneer's pulpitlike rostrum, Parke-Bernet's President Hiram H. Parke sedately cajoled more bids. "What's the matter," called Rose, "you got a stiff arm?" Not until the price had risen another $10,000 did Parke's arm loosen up enough to bring down the hammer and sell the painting to Rose...
Vodka & Coffee. Last week seven such surprise eggs went on display in a Manhattan gallery. They highlighted a glittering show, drawn from museums and private collectors in the U.S., which had been arranged to coincide with publication of a handsome, expensive and definitive study of Fabergé and all his works: Peter Carl Fabergé (Batsford; $35). The exhibition included everything from coffee pots to vodka cups, from imperial seals to paper knives, and from jeweled flowers in crystal vases to a green jade Buddha that nodded its head and wagged its ruby tongue...
...feature-length film, the U.S. screen was as free as the U.S. press. Then, in 1907, Chicago gave birth to movie censorship. Last week, after decades of kowtowing by a timid film industry, enemies of censorship made a strong bid to end the reign of censors now entrenched in seven states and 50 cities...
Pledge cards, with which students may allocate percentages of their donations to seven specific charities, will be used again this year. Although national organizations are not stressed, the donor may write in any charity of his own choosing. While the Student Council is supposed to receive 20 per cent of all allocated money for its own use, the student is allowed to request that none of his donation go to the Council...
...seven organizations that the Combined Charities Committee consider solely dependent upon student support are: the World Student Service Fund, providing support for members of European universities, the National Scholastic Service and Fund for Negro Students, the American Field Service International Scholarships, the Salzburg Seminar, PBH, and the Student Council...