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Before an enthusiastic throng of 8,000 fans, which included the Prince of Wales, the American Ambassador, the leader of the House of Commons, and the London Victoria Military Band, the English won this first gala international meet...
...there was a gala independence ball in the marbled hall of the new Statehouse, where the Negro Prime Minister of Ghana, after assiduous practice beforehand, held the aunt of the Queen of England in his arms and danced a brief but sprightly pas de deux to the tune of Gotta Be This or That...
Dartmouth's athletic department makes a practice of inviting at least one Harvard team to its gala extravaganza. Last year the hockey team completely overpowered the Big Green. But the Carnival is supposed to be a time when all Dartmouth students can enjoy themselves, including the players. This year the schedule makers picked on the perennially weak Crimson quintet...
Soon thereafter President Arias took a sidewise look at Ike, tactfully suggested that the President of the U.S. skip the day's final event, a gala reception at the plush Union Club. Ike gratefully agreed, shortly slipped back to his apartment for a night's sleep, plainly tuckered out and no better for the day's wear. By next afternoon Eisenhower was feeling better. It was then that he got his biggest thrill. Driving to the El Panama hotel, where he was to participate in the signing of the Declaration of Panama, he was beset...
Before Manhattan's new Coliseum even opened its doors, it was assured of success: the hall was virtually sold out for the first year. For the gala opening week alone, the Coliseum expects 500,000 to turn out, will put on three huge exhibitions at once: an International Auto Show of 150 models (130 are foreign makes, and most of them are making their U.S. debuts); the Fifth International Philatelic Exposition, with 575 stamp exhibitors from 69 governments and $5,250,000 worth of rare issues, including the famed century-old British Guiana one penny black stamp; a National...