Word: entertaining
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Quinn had plenty of pushing room. Before long he was addressing meetings, joining the Community Chest (he later became chairman), becoming active in Roman Catholic Church groups. His trademark was his singing voice, and rare was the gathering that Quinn did not entertain with a sweet version of Ke Kali Nei Au, the old Hawaiian wedding song. "Boy," says one friend, "if there was a microphone in the room, you could bet that Bill Quinn would wind up in front...
...typical year, Dwight Eisenhower may sign 750 bills, send 40,000 promotions and appointments to Congress, and take the responsibility for a budget that fills 1,100 small-print pages. Not only is he expected to lead Western diplomacy, guide the nation's domestic affairs and entertain ceremoniously, but he must perform such assorted functions as approving the U.S. Navy Band's concert tours, dealing with dismissals from the Naval Academy and chatting with boy scouts...
...London, Buckingham Palace moved with the speed of light to scotch rumors that the Duke of Edinburgh might invite Adamski around to see his Queen: "The royal family has decided that it cannot entertain Mr. Adamski or his ideas...
...poll was the tone of bargaining it conveyed: if you will sacrifice one afternoon a week will you sacrifice two? three? The premise of such an argument seems based on the sacred nature of the present total of 35 hours a week when "members of the House may entertain lady guests in their rooms," which evidently, is inviolate...
...poll indicated that about 40 per cent of students use parietal privileges at least one afternoon per week, "so that any elimination of afternoon parietal hours would not be advisable," Jacobs stated. Members of Lowell House do the least afternoon entertaining of female guests, with 54.5 per cent of House members never using parietal privileges. At the other end of the spectrum, only 31.2 per cent of Adams House members do not entertain afternoon guests, the poll revealed...