Word: banquet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wales. Could the popularity and prestige of Edward of Wales be thrown on the side of any one party it would certainly tip the scale. H. R. H. gave politicians a lot to think about by his trip to the coal fields and later by declaring at a banquet attended by foremost British industrialists that unless they improve their sales methods the Empire's trade will suffer (TIME, March 4). Should he openly attempt, however, to champion any party he would be doing violence to that most cherished of British fetishes−the idea that the Throne is above...
...program calls for an informal dance on the evening of Friday, April 12. On the following morning there will be a meeting of the Model Council to discuss the Bolivia-Paraguay question. In the afternoon an Assembly meeting will be held on the subject of disarmament. A formal banquet in the evening will be followed by a feature unprecedented in Model Assemblies--a meeting based on the organization of the International Labor Office at Geneva...
...found it inadvisable to leave the country due to the unsettled political conditions. President W. W. Campbell of the University of California immediately telegraphed an invitation to Dean Pound, who has accepted. In addition to his address at the morning session, he will also speak at the banquet following...
...heard me play my piccolo, haven't you?" This reporter had heard him play at a Lampoon banquet. "Well, I tell you, those days are gone. Not that they aren't nice boys, you understand. But their appreciation of art, of the finer things of life...No, I don't play any more, after their dances." Bob and his audience shook their heads sadly, reminiscently...
...their president kinetic M. Yves Le Trocquer, recently French Minister of Public Works (1920-25). As Vice President they chose M. Jules Cambon, distinguished statesman and brother of beloved Paul Cambon (1843-1524) who was for 22 years French Ambassador to His Britannic Majesty. When the Committee adjourned to banquet, Jules Cambon, raised a sparkling glass and cried: "On the day the tunnel is completed England and France will have found the real road to peace...