happenings

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The litigation unveiled the private happenings of Hollywood elite, including texts and emails from Lively, Baldoni and their host of A-list friends.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Other happenings signal that significant changes may be on the horizon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Army basic-training instructor, he became a trendsetter in California’s 1960s alternative culture, hanging out with Ken Kesey, designing multimedia happenings and, in 1968, launching the Whole Earth Catalog.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Neither can most memoirs, but, at 85 years, Atwood’s valediction to readers shares “many strange happenings, incidents of malice, odd dreams, conversations, joyful moments, ghosts, stupid mistakes, and catastrophes.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

She did not report happenings truthfully, but gave them color, excitement and dramatic twists.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith