Word: tenanted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...proposal to provide a $300,000 mansion in Manhattan for Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., drew a prompt veto from the prospective tenant. The Lodge reasoning: a waste of money. "I suppose [it] is part of my education in the idiotic things that happen in a bureaucracy . . . The one thing I am not trying to do is increase the expense of the Government. My whole effort is in the opposite direction...
...streets and Notting Hill chippies in their bareskins. "Always so polite and neatly dressed," said Mrs. Rose Bangle. ". . . Never passed a lady in the street without raising his hat." Checking back, the police found that John Christie had been the principal government witness in the case of his tenant-predecessor Tim Evans; near the end of his trial, in fact, Tim had recanted his confession and insisted that John Christie had committed the murders...
...emotions well in hand, however, early this week when he went down to Springfield's Armory for his successor's inauguration. Impassively he watched Stratton take the oath of office. Then he headed off for his Libertyville farm which he planned to share with his tenant, Marshall Field Jr., an Ike supporter. Early in March, Adlai Stevenson will leave for a three-or four-month tour of the Far East...
...arrival of a new White House tenant has usually been attended by entertainment-balls, parades, Indian war dances, even a White House rummage sale. The sale was staged by Chester Arthur, who wanted to get rid of a lot of old "junk," including a pair of Lincoln's trousers and a magnificent sideboard which had been presented to the former First Lady, Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes (also known as "Lemonade Lucy"), by the W.C.T.U. (it fetched a high price from a prominent saloonkeeper...
Skeleton Inspection. Like a new tenant peering in all the closets, the 83rd Congress can be expected to make a careful inspection of the skeletons left behind by the Truman Administration. Investigating committees will continue to dig at Communism and corruption in Government. Conduct of the Korean war (including the ammunition shortage) and administration of the supersecret Central Intelligence Agency are other likely prospects for probing. More than one committee will be anxious to get a look at the administrative records Harry Truman has kept out of the range of congressional eyes...