Mesta

Does the name Perle Mesta strike a bell with anyone?

Forbes.com: News Deborah Sweeney 2011

Does the name Perle Mesta strike a bell with anyone?

Forbes.com: News Deborah Sweeney 2011

"Perle Mesta went to Luxemburg because she made a good contribution."

The Center for Public Integrity: Nixon to grand jury: $100,000 cash contributions and rewarding donors with ambassadorships The Center for Public Integrity 2011

At the parties given by Dolly Harrison (a more genteel version of the real-life Perle Mesta), guests stay twice as long and drink three times as much as they would allow themselves to do at any Washington party today.

A young reader discovers the meaning of paranoia in the political novels of Allen Drury 2009

Perle Mesta wasn't sent to Luxembourg because she had big bosoms.

Richard Nixon transcripts reveals fury over partially erased Watergate tape 2011

Nixon gave the example of Perle Mesta, a flamboyant American socialite famed for her parties who was appointed an ambassador by President Harry Truman.

Richard Nixon transcripts reveals fury over partially erased Watergate tape 2011

"Perle Mesta wasn't sent to Luxemburg because she had big bosoms," said Nixon, of one well-known socialite who served during the Truman administration.

The Center for Public Integrity: Nixon to grand jury: $100,000 cash contributions and rewarding donors with ambassadorships The Center for Public Integrity 2011

Perle Mesta went to Luxembourg because she made a good contribution, he said.

Richard Nixon transcripts reveals fury over partially erased Watergate tape 2011

Mesta and Gelzhiser denied any wrongdoing, their attorney referring to the twins 'civil case as "just a way to make money."

Gayired.com - Gay OnLine Community for Entertainment and Daily News 2009

Mesta and Gelzhiser denied any wrongdoing, their attorney referring to the twins 'civil case as "just a way to make money."

Gayired.com - Gay OnLine Community for Entertainment and Daily News 2009