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...Hendricks backers did not look forward to marching in a traditional Republican parade, so they asked the entire College to rally for Cleveland. The matter was submitted to a vote, and tradition won out; the College voted 569 to 363 to march Republican. This parade was probably the most glorious in College history. Cambridge Police marched in front, followed by a Fife and Drum Corps, followed by the entire cheering, chanting student body, Democrats and Republicans. Torches in hand, the boys weaved in and out of Boston sidestreets winding up at the Brunswick Hotel, where "The Plumed Knight" himself, James...
...lost $2,000 near the Belmont gate, before he had a chance to lose it at the windows, O'Grady recovered the roll with the rubber bands still intact. Another time, a temporarily well-to-do businessman suddenly decided to "invest" his savings of $80,000 in one glorious day at the races. Two special agents who spotted the man peeling off thousand-dollar bills at a pari-mutuel window put a purposely obvious "tail" on him, so that every footpad within miles would keep hands off. The businessman got home safely-but broke...
...trouble. Last July, the Met's directors announced that the condition of the U.S.'s No. 1 cultural pride & glory was "critical." But few took the announcement seriously: hadn't the Met cried wolf before? Besides, the 65-year-old Met had just had three rare, glorious years (1944, 1945 and 1946) in the black...
...never seen anything like it, I said to Alice, we can't sell any more books because we have no more to sell . . . to think how hard it used to be . . . it's nice to be glorious and popular in your old age, and to buy bones for Basket [her dog] and be admired by the young, well bless you kiddies bless...
Orson Welles, and his reunion at the Hotel du Cap with estranged wife Rita Hayworth. They kissed in the lobby, then settled down for a day of play, ending with a glorious evening in a Cannes nightclub and buckets of champagne. When Orson had to go to Rome on business, Rita wept but gamely went out to dinner that night with Aly Khan, eldest son of the Aga ("Richest man in the world") Khan...