Word: banquets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since the project was founded five years ago, 252 Giraffes have been named, and each has been sent a certificate commending the "courageous actions." Apart from whatever publicity the couple can drum up, that's it. No foundation bequest. No fancy banquet. Its charm lies in its simplicity...
...hotel ballroom near Chicago's O'Hare Airport is crammed with rows of banquet tables covered with paper chessboards. In silent confrontation, 700 miniature armies face one another across half as many checkered playing fields. The National Open, a major annual chess tournament, is about to begin. A short, plump man dressed completely in black calls the contestants to order. "If you lose a game," he wryly suggests, "congratulate your opponent. Do not disturb the tournament by exploding, screaming or weeping loudly." On hearing this, Hans Berliner breaks into a grin. A former world chess-by-mail champion, Berliner will...
...Friends of Harvard Hockey held its annual banquet at the Harvard Club of Boston to honor the 1987-88 hockey team, Ivy League and ECAC regular-season champions...
...society is largely honorary. Radcliffe'sIota chapter hosts a banquet in early May to honorthe initiates, but few other activities areplanned, Bedell said. "Once in a while they get usspeakers," Heijn said...
...healthy tolerance for inconvenience (no toilet paper or light bulbs). Credit cards and traveler's checks are useless; leave home without them. Bring cash but not bundles. The maximum value of goods purchased to take home cannot exceed $100, and there is little to buy. Viet Nam is a banquet primarily for the mind, richly sauteed in historical resonances. And despite those resonances, the reception is remarkably warm...