Word: buffet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nanking and Kiukiang Roads, happy bankers were holding open house amid the excited bustle of guests, buffet lunch eons, congratulations and piles of flow ers sent by the city's many Chinese banks...
...less than a month, the First Lady had I) entertained no Washington newswomen at a White House buffet supper; 2) gone to an ice show in the glittery Iridium Room of Manhattan's St. Regis Hotel; 3) lunched at the exclusive Colony Restaurant with Party-master Elsa Maxwell; 4) attended the opening of the Metropolitan Opera; 5) journeyed to Philadelphia with the President to see the Army-Navy football game...
...older and hardier of the 2,200 guests manfully carried on, consumed three tons of the quasi-edible mélange. The $7.50 guests could take it in the dining room; the $5 crowd could fight for it, or away from it, at a buffet board. Many a farsighted Montrealer had booked rooms in the hotel days in advance, to drink rye or gin, and imported champagne at $30 a magnum...
...visit. Less than half an hour later, the President greeted him aboard the Augusta. George VI, knowing the Augusta's sailing schedule, hurriedly inspected the guard. But Harry Truman was a good host, took him below to his quarters. There was a decanter of bourbon on the buffet. There was no doubt that the King and the President enjoyed each other's company: George VI had timed his visit for ten minutes; he stayed...
...windup to a buffet lunch came the ice cream. The Burmans ate their ice cream with dignified avidity. Shyly they intimated that they would like more. Three times urgent messages went to the galley for extra helpings. By then everybody was very jolly. After more conferring, Sir Reginald called the first meeting: "Very encouraging...