Word: buffet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...BUFFET SUPPER...
...smiles. There was some happy oratory. One speaker exclaimed: "The blossoms are opening;" the meeting's chairman called for a teuchi shiki (an old Japanese ceremony of congratulations). The assembled bankers and brokers solemnly rose and clapped their hands in unison, 13 times. Then they adjourned for a buffet lunch of roast beef, beer and strawberry shortcake...
...boss with a ten-foot bull whip and a wristwatch. As he took them, tears rolled down the grizzled cheeks of hard-boiled Jack Campbell. Before long, more than tears was flowing: friends had sent over a supply of liquor. By the time the gang got through a fancy buffet lunch (courtesy of the Southern Pacific), a woman sword swallower had dropped in from a circus to swallow three swords, and Mayor Fletcher Bowron had read a proclamation making Campbell "mayor of the day." The Chamber of Commerce sent a chamber pot as a good-natured...
...Capitol for the social event of the day-a buffet luncheon with the Senate-he seemed as delighted as a football star back for a college reunion...
...Monday, June 20, the traditional Senior Spread will begin at 10 p.m. and run until 3 a.m., with time out for a midnight buffet. Ticketed for there Eliot House Courtyard, the dance will be moved to the Kirkland House Common Room in case of rain...