Word: entertainment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Several freshman downhill skiers built themselves a free-style ski jump on the steps of Widener Library and proceeded to entertain a crowd of spectators which gathered in the Yard during the afternoon...
...president, will become chairman of the banking policy committee. But the amalgamation would seem to be more of a takeover than a merger, since the Lehman faction will control seven of the ten seats on the executive board. Moreover, Kuhn Loeb had been signaling for months that it would entertain merger proposals, because it needed capital. Of an estimated $78 million in capital for the combined firm, Lehman is expected to supply $60 million, the Schiff family and partners another $18 million. Although precise figures are not available, Lehman is reported to have earned more than $20 million in fiscal...
Salinger was, of course, kidding about his countrymen. Reciprocally, the descendants of Tocqueville do entertain a continuing, if critical, interest in things American. Salinger has carved a new career as the American in Paris who provides Frenchmen with native insights into the inscrutable Yankee mind. As a grand reporter (roving editor) specializing in U.S. affairs for the French newsmagazine L 'Express, he has become the most prominent American apologist and explicator in Paris since CBS Commentator David Schoenbrun left in 1962. Salinger presides jovially over several music and film festivals in France. He is a regular commentator for Europe...
...their own. To rise further politically, as both have said they plan to, the new breed will have to either cultivate a following of their own or trade their independence to the heavy-handed White administration. The latter possibility is an unlikely avenue for Connolly or Sullivan who both entertain mayoral ambitions...
That purpose is not just to entertain but to address her countrymen during a time of national crisis. It may no longer be possible for the novel to serve as such a podium; too many other diversions compete for the public's attention. But The Ice Age is Drabble's reminder that writers are also citizens of a dangerous, uncertain world, and that social responsiblity need not be parked outside the door of the study. - Paul Gray