Word: banqueted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...veal cutlet. He refolded his napkin neatly when he was through. He wore a charcoal herringbone suit, and he buttoned his vest all the way-so only his tailor knew for sure about those 17-inch biceps, that 46-inch chest and that 32-inch waist. But the banquet toastmaster was not fooled for a second. "Gentlemen," he firmly announced, "I give you Superman...
...stabilized with a simple backing of cotton sheeting or tricot. Loose-weave hopsack and tweed suits no longer sag in the seat and buckle at the knee, keep their shape as well as an all-Dacron suit. Lace, once too fragile for anything but brides and banquet tables, now can be used for all-purpose coats and dresses. Women's heavy knitted suits and dresses, often made double-thick to prevent stretching and wrinkling, can be just as neat and twice as light if made of bonded single knit...
...contrast, the Beame team's campaign was a study in machine-made overconfidence. Abe Beame made little effort to woo undecided voters, seemed happy only among people that he knew were on his side. One evening in late October, while Beame was beaming at a $100-a-plate banquet for Democrats (menu: brandy-flavored bisque of Mississippi crawfish, filet mignon perigourdine, string beans saute amandine, bombe glacee Americana, petits fours), John Lindsay's dinner was a gulped ham sandwich between one curbstone speech and the next...
...women were eager to greet her. In San Francisco, Hello, Dollyl's Carol Channing showed up for an English-Speaking Union luncheon, and Bullfight Expert Barnaby Conrad graced an exclusive dinner given by Socialite Whitney Warren atop Telegraph Hill. Down at the Bistro in Beverly Hills, the banquet list of Hollywood aristocrats included Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Danny Kaye and a couple of Queen Elizabeth's loyal subjects named Burton. Margaret promptly upset her security guards in San Francisco by insisting on an unscheduled ride aboard a cable car up Hyde Street, but not in rush hour...
...Prime Minister of Rhodesia stood tall and thin in the cavernous banquet hall of the Meikles Hotel. Before him sat the leaders of Salisbury society, formally attired. They had raised glasses in a toast to their Queen, but nodded approvingly when he warned that they might soon be leaving her realm. Now they listened silently as Ian Smith, in the flat, nasal accent of the settler, read from the eve-of battle speech of Henry V: "That he which hath no stomach to this fight, let him depart. He today that sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother...