Word: accomplis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...room nor swallow the warm water contained in the finger bowls." Well that doesn't hardly happen any more. Still, the Woman's National Democratic Club decided that it was time for a new primer for capital hostesses and published Party Diary: Planning Ahead and the "Fete" Accompli, a 100-page guidebook anthologizing social notes and comments from the city's experts. "To be a success in Washington, you need comfortable shoes," advises outdoorsy Interior Secretary Stewart Udall. Hostess Gwen Cafritz purrs modestly: "With my little dinners I like to feel I am helping to save Western...
...Deter attacks by disgruntled heirs and creditors-largely because the trust, unlike probate, is an unpublicized fait accompli...
With this background, no one was especially surprised when the room-and-board change was kept a secret from RGA until it was formally announced as a fait accompli (letters to parents announcing the change had been sent from the President's office that morning). What did concern the few students who feel that RGA could perform a useful purpose was what the move suggested about the organization's current function. Most Radcliffe students lost interest in RGA long ago. The legislature has been virtually forced to concern itself almost exclusively with the subject of social rules. After a year...
That, said Reston, was why he had gone after the position papers, and why the Times had published them. "Nothing is more effective in political life than a fait accompli," he said. "Nobody knows this better than the politician. It is therefore the duty of the reporter to get the facts as quickly as possible...
...Scorpion, in short, is an entertaining, diverse, and promising first attempt. It is worth reading. It would be very worthwhile indeed if the editors can produce a second issue to turn the attempt into a fait accompli...