Word: apricot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...correspondence, takes a nap and then addresses his manuscript. He tires rapidly and is usually taken home by midafternoon. Burger has become solicitous of Douglas' welfare, attending small social events staged by Douglas and his fourth wife, Cathy, 33, and sending over gifts of vintage wine and tasty apricot and orange jam put up by Burger himself...
Weinstein added that a friend gave him his hamantaschen, and "I had apricot, but I really wanted poppy seed...
...newspapers and his daily news summary. Although his staff is a shirtsleeves-style crew, Carter has so far worked in a coat and tie, forgoing the sweaters and blue jeans that were his pre-Inaugural uniform in Plains. To ward off the chill, Carter usually sits in an apricot-colored wing chair near a crackling fire. His first appointment every morning, at 8, is with Brzezinski. The only other regular appointment on Carter's daily agenda so far is a 10:30 meeting with Powell and Deputy Press Secretary Rex Granum...
...first electoral defeat of his career. While waiting for his guest at the south portico of the White House, Ford stood unsmiling and he did not indulge in his customary banter with the press. But Carter eased the tension by kissing Betty Ford warmly on the cheek. Seated on apricot damask wing chairs in front of the fireplace for an hour, the two men discussed the nation's problems, including the possibility of Carter's meeting with world leaders shortly after his Inauguration. Carter felt that a summit meeting on economic affairs would be useful...
...expected settlement, unfortunately, a staggering amount of food will already have rotted in the fields. Almost 15%, or $10.4 million worth, of the clingstone-peach harvest was lost. So was approximately 5%, or $9.5 million worth, of the thick-skinned tomato crop and about 30% of the total apricot harvest, valued at $4.5 million...