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Word: ballroom (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Signs in the America Ballroom of the Westin Hotel said it all: "Charleston Cheers for JPK," "Allston Loves JPK," "Newton Wishes They Could Vote For Joe Kennedy...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: 8th Congressional District Gives Kennedy a Landslide Victory | 11/5/1986 | See Source »

Bruneau said he personally inspected the complex, which includes a 431-room hotel, two restaurants, and 10,000-square-foot ballroom, and found significant violations of the access...

Author: By Gawain Kripke, | Title: New Hotel's Planners Face Access Charges | 10/21/1986 | See Source »

...since the '50s, when Xavier Cugat dished out some slicked-up, watered-down rhythms that had made their way north from the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Legend has it that the merengue was inspired by a Dominican general who trailed a disabled leg behind him as he navigated a ballroom. Another myth says the dance originated with slaves brought from Africa to work the fields. The slaves, in chains, would move off the ships by lifting one leg and dragging the other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: You Can't Stop Dancing | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

...standing with a drink in your hand and boredom on the brain in a ballroom. A man with large ears comes up to you, shakes your hand, and in a British accent introduces himself as Charles, Prince of Wales...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: What's Your Royalty Rating | 9/4/1986 | See Source »

...Lauren, this year has provided one success after another. Aside from all the store openings, his fall women's collection was a smash hit. At the clothing's initial showing in the Grand Ballroom of Manhattan's Pierre Hotel, Lauren watched through a peephole backstage and his tawny-haired wife sat in the front row, wearing an ornately crested Polo blazer, as models taxied along the runway to the strains of Sinatra's The Lady Is a Tramp. The critical favorite of the day: a navy blue cashmere evening dress ($998) that was far more clingy, streamlined and sensuous than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling a Dream of Elegance and the Good Life | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

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