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Besides rowing and movie-going, the crew will have the benefit of lush surroundings, sumptuous meals, and a first class croquet course...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crews Entrain for Red Top; Seek Revenge for '49 Upset | 6/9/1950 | See Source »

Twelve millionaires started the Club at the beginning of this century to make use of the State-built speedway. They built a sumptuous clubhouse where WBZ's transmitter now sits, and in 1914 put up one of the finest stables in New England. The Club soon grew into a great social institution and outlived all the similar driving clubs around Boston. Its colorful races during the twenties made the Club a haven for New England's trotters and pacers. But the Club's pageantry declined as the old-timers, raised in the tradition of pure harness racing, began...

Author: By Edward J. Sack, | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 5/19/1950 | See Source »

...cream uniform of the Order of "the Holy Sepulchre, Carmen said in a clear, ringing voice, "Si yo quiero" Following an old Spanish custom, the cardinal presented her with 13 pieces of silver (worth about $450), a gift of the bridegroom. Then the 800 guests moved on to a sumptuous banquet in the palace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Apr. 17, 1950 | 4/17/1950 | See Source »

Almost as big a surprise was 27-year-old Bronx-born opera-saver Regina Resnik (TIME, Aug. 25, 1947), whose dramatically convincing and vocally sumptuous Sieglinde was more than a match for 59-year-old veteran Tenor Lauritz Melchior's Siegmund...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Ganz Gut | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

...names and addresses of business firms which he said could confirm his statements, he described the President's San Vicente country estate (which Perón calls a modest rural retreat) as a lavishly decorated multimillion-peso layout with a large swimming pool, elaborate lighting and watering systems, sumptuous furnishings and marble fireplaces. Cattáneo's charges and his offer of proof made scarcely a ripple in B.A.; no newspaper even dared print them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Perils of Disrespect | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

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