Word: banqueteer
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...many times in the past that China watchers were understandably leary of once again speculating about his health. Besides, the Peking Foreign Ministry publicly insisted that the Chairman is "alive and well," and Mao's wife, Chiang Ching, had been seen smiling and apparently unperturbed at a banquet a week after the crisis began...
...their heels. The whites are wryly interested, privately a bit cynical, but when confronted with the whisk-waving Banda, gleefully cavorting like a black leprechaun, they tend to be shy, a little confounded, but ultimately pleased to have shaken his hand. As one government official observed at a state banquet in Banda's honor, 'Suddenly South Africa isn't the same any more.' " For South Africa, the Banda visit was a milestone in Prime Minister Balthazar Johannes Vorster's "outward-looking" policy of seeking rapprochement with Black Africa. For Dr. Banda, who is sometimes called...
...Africa. But South Africa itself is slowly changing, as more and more South Africans realize that apartheid laws are stifling growth and hurting business at home-as well as largely barring them from a huge potential market to the north. Now, having seen their Prime Minister seated at a banquet table between two black ladies from Malawi, the South Africans may have taken a cautious step toward a more civilized future...
...bigheaded. Be good to the writers. Talk to the kids. Sign autographs. Don't brag. Throw a ball into the stands once in a while.' " Blue is especially careful not to appear "hot-doggish" to his teammates. When a group of airline executives asked him to appear at their banquet, he said, "Invite the rest of the team and I 'll be happy to come." On another occasion, when a TV interviewer complimented him on his poise, he drawled: "Well, I'm not Sidney Poitier...
...best, and his remarks condemning black leaders in the U.S. are considered a new burden for an Administration already fighting charges of hostility toward blacks. Lately he has spent more time away from Washington, frequently playing golf with celebrity and sport cronies. He continues his rounds of the Republican banquet circuit, but even in this familiar role his aides sense a growing ennui. His pride is affronted by the small ceremonial duties of the vice presidency that he calls "Hubert Humphrey make-work projects...