Word: banqueteers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Rose went to Vienna to meet Mrs. Khrushchev when the President and the Soviet Premier met in 1961. Sure enough, there was a picture of Viennese banquet tables. "Mrs. Khrushchev," said Rose, "impressed me because she spoke English so well. She shows a lot of initiative and fulfills her position very well...
What was it all about? Well, it was about a Waldorf banquet for U.S. Representative Charles A. Buckley, 72, Democratic boss of The Bronx. Buckley, best known in the House for his chronic absenteeism, is an old friend of Joe Kennedy's, was an active backer of Jack's presidential candidacy as early as 1957, looks fondly on all Kennedys-and with reason. It was therefore only natural that the President of the U.S. should dictate a telegram to be sent to Buckley in New York on the night of the dinner. It said: "We want to join...
...theory that the Greek economy no longer needed it. De Gaulle is said to be prepared to climax his visit with an offer of a $10 million development loan; French investments in Greece already total $60 million and are second only to U.S. investment. At a palace banquet, De Gaulle made clear in a toast to King Paul that he hopes to extend France's influence from the "northern seas," which he called one of France's boundaries, to the eastern Mediterranean, where, he pointed out, Greece is the "hinge between the Latin and Slavic worlds, as well...
...British society gave him access. He sprang the collection on the art world as a stunning fait accompli, and museums everywhere are now vying to show it; Virginia got it first because Mellon is a trustee of the museum and a Virginia resident. The show opened with a banquet for the museum's Collectors' Circle, and the public has been flocking to it since at a rate...
Leverett: Joint banquet with Quincy. Parietals until...