Word: banqueted
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...fraises des bois, and three wines) at La Celle St. Cloud, the long-ago hideaway of Mme. de Pompadour. And capping it all was the gala evening at the Palace of Versailles, with illuminated fountains and gardens, an 18th century ballet in the glittering Louis XV theater, and a banquet in the Hall of Mirrors...
...same thing happened all over again in Vienna. Jackie literally stopped traffic wherever she went. Nikita Khrushchev seemed smitten: at a banquet, he edged his chair closer to hers and, eyes twinkling, told her funny stories. Next day, as Jackie and motherly Nina Khrushchev lunched together in Pallavicini Palace, a crowd outside chanted, "Jacqueline, Jacqueline, Jacqueline...
...been spattered by scandal. His lurching efforts to satisfy all of New York City's warring Democratic factions have satisfied none. He recently underwent surgery to remove a tumor behind the ear, and his health remains dubious. Last week, pale and drawn as he attended a Democratic banquet honoring Bronx Boss Charles Buckley, Wagner ate nothing, stayed only 17 minutes, then announced that he had to go home...
...United States for three days during April, LeCorbusier received the gold medal of the American Institute of Architects at a Philadelphia banquet. The noted architect also was honored with a Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Columbia University...
...A.I.A. banquet, he received his medal with disarming modesty. "I make you my last confession," he said. "I live in the skin of a student." Then he was off to Manhattan for the ordeal at Columbia. He arrived on campus as sirens wailed for an air-raid drill. Students were all around bearing placards that said, "Shelters are no substitute for Peace!" He got into a coffin-sized elevator that promptly went down instead of up. "It's like a setting for an assassination," he muttered. But that night he was all smiles again. To a standing ovation...