Word: shindig
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rooms and massage parlors presented a shocking sight: crowds of people who were fully dressed, or almost. To celebrate the London premiere of Auntie Mame, starring Bea Lillie, Producer David Pelham had picked the Turkish bath as the logical place for a party. The result was as wacky a shindig as any the Madwoman of Beekman Place herself might have improvised...
Name-Wonder. Before going off to the hospital, Gunther gallantly tossed a farewell shindig, insisted on greeting each guest without help, though he almost had to rub noses before he could recognize them. It was a typical gesture. Anything but the traditionally tough, cynical newsman, Gunther fairly quivers with delight at meeting people, deeply craves their approval. Says one intimate: "He has no acquaintances-only best friends...
...take on a warbling charm they do not have as orchestra pieces alone. The libretto is preposterous, but offers linguists an unusually rich sampling of Viennese slang, a quaint, native dialect distantly related to German. (Samples: charmuziern, v., to flirt; G'spusi, n., girl friend; Remasuri, n., big shindig; tulli, adj., first-rate.) Soprano Schwarzkopf, veteran of Mozart and Brahms, has a fine romp. General performance and recording: tulli...
Your excellent coverage of the coronation sets new standards of high-level reporting, with the best of historical and political perspectives added for good measure. We share the happiness of a close neighbor who is throwing a swell shindig . . . We strongly suspect the drinks-and possibly the eats-are on us, so we may be pardoned if we view the proceedings with a jaundiced eye, [but] remembering always that our neighbor has lost much more than money in fighting two wars that were ours as well as his own-even before we got into them. So we doff our hats...
...dapper millionaire Don Carlos de Beistegui y Iturbi, a mysterious bachelor often called "The Count of Monte Cristo" by romantic gossipists. Months before the party, the international smart set whispered excitedly that the guest list would read like the Almanach de Gotha. To be invited to Don Carlos' shindig became a distinction fervently desired by the gilded socialites of the continents. Black markets sprang up in most of the world's fashionable capitals offering cards to the ball for as much as $500 each. Jacques Path, Dior and Valentina were busy for weeks ahead whipping up suitable 18th...