Word: waldorf
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...magazine and the ^ woman who became his second wife took place at a 1934 dinner given by mutual friends. Clare Boothe Brokaw sat at Henry R. Luce's right, but they scarcely talked, and he left early; she thought him fascinating but incredibly rude. Two months later, at a Waldorf-Astoria party honoring Cole Porter, it was a different story. Oblivious to other guests, including his then spouse Lila, Luce sat with Brokaw at a corner table and conversed intently until 4 a.m. In the hotel lobby, he blurted out, "How does it feel to be told that...
...offices of the McKinsey Corp. in New York City. As pressure from reporters increased near the end of the search, committee members were more creative, holding meetings at a number of opulent hotels including the Ritz Carlton in Boston, the Stanhope in New York and finally the Waldorf-Astoria...
...Acting Dean of the Faculty Henry Rosovsky, encountering a reporter outside an elevator in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City...
Early on, the Harvard brass had realized it needed to plug the leaks in the presidential search process. The task fell to Secretary to the Corporation Robert Shenton and University Attorney Michael W. Roberts. It was a thankless task for both men. A scene observed by reporters at the Waldorf seemed to characterize the effort. As Harvard's governing boards dined with Rudenstine inside the hotel's Louis XVI room, Roberts sat alone in the anteroom reading that day's New York Times. Inside the paper was an article reporting that Rudenstine was the search committee's choice, a fact...
...didn't know The Crimson stayed at the Waldorf...