Word: buffetting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gerald and Betty Ford, who were scheduled to attend last Sunday's first of nine house warming buffet suppers for members of Congress and other luminaries, were supposed to move into the house themselves during Ford's vice presidency. But a funny thing happened on the way from their home in suburban Alexandria, Va. So the new residents are, of course, Nelson and Happy Rockefeller, who will not move in until January, after the new heating-cooling system is installed. Even then, Happy and their sons Nelson Jr., 11, and Mark, 8, will spend much of their time...
...first attempt at decorating since she married Nelson Rockefeller twelve years ago, Happy Rockefeller has given the house a soothing cast of whites and beiges, enlivened with comfortable furnishings in warm earth tones. Among the buffet guests invited to ogle the digs were Movie Idol Cary Grant, TV Hostess Barbara Walters, Astronaut Alan Shepard and Publisher William Randolph Hearst. Happy Rockefeller will not be standing on ceremony with any of them. "I just want everyone to feel they can have a good time," she says, "and put their feet up and relax." She does contemplate one further addition: a swing...
...replaced. Then one U.S. star (James Coco) dropped out for gall-bladder surgery and another (Elizabeth Taylor) fled to a London hospital suffering from amoebic dysentery. Last week everything seemed back in focus as members of the crews and cast gathered at the Leningrad Hotel for a buffet of caviar and vodka. The hostess? The completely recovered Elizabeth Taylor, who displayed a previously unexploited talent for diplomacy. Said she: "If another opportunity comes up to be in a Soviet-American coproduction, I'll be pleased to accept the proposal...
...private train was slowly chugging across Nevada one day last week on the final stretch of a six-hour trip from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. The 150 passengers, guests of West Coast Mobster "Big Jim" Valenti, had lunched on a buffet of "selected Sicilian meat and cheese cuts," and they were looking forward to an evening at Valenti's hotel speakeasy, The Boiler Room. Big Jim, trigger-tempered head of the notorious "Doo Dah" gang, had arranged the party for the opening-night floor show starring his bride, a former Detroit showgirl named Boo Boo O'Hare...
...continued past a row of concession stands run by the American Legion to the members only section of the bleachers. Here was the official luncheon spot for the habitues. Surrounding umbrella-shaded tables and a buffet line of noontime snacks such as beel bourgignon was a crescent of international flags. Ah, such tradition. I grabbed a hot dog and a beer from the American Legion and headed back to the horses...