Word: chatted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...squeezed lemon." Happily, the President's final ten-hour stopover in Rome was diplomatically undemanding. There were exchanges of pleasantries with Italian leaders (partly to boost the fortunes of the ruling Christian Democrats in the upcoming regional elections) and a drive to Vatican City for a chat with Pope Paul...
...town. By thus squeezing out cars, which are parked on Shay Gap's perimeter, he forced people to meet whenever they go outside. Indeed, says Resident Mrs. Jill Nicholls: "A greeting is not just a wave as you drive past. It's a stop and a chat." As a result of all the careful planning, life in Shay Gap is pleasant, employee turnover is low, and Goldsworthy Mining is satisfied that the town is worth every cent of its $10 million construction cost...
...meeting as a confrontation. Their disgust is compounded by frustration that occurs when Bok's Mass. Hall guards tell even neighborhood alumni that it is a waste of the president's time to meet with them, and by the weariness that is produced each time a resident comes to chat with an administrator and finds himself seated at a bargaining table forced to swallow Harvard's set of non-negotiable demands...
...dusk, the poor come home to another meal of beans and rice; then, they relax in the doorways and chat with their neighbors along the streets of dust. An inferno of small children runs everywhere. The literate adults--estimated at between 50 and 60 per cent of the population--cannot read at night because there is no electricity. They cannot bathe; there is neither running water not toilets. So they perhaps light a candle to prolong the day, and the conversations, before going...
...weeks he has met the Presidents of the U.S. and France and traded horse chat with the Queen of England. Though he goes through the motions genially, the promo marathon for his new film Funny Lady is not Caan's idea of athletics. He was therefore relieved to get away for a day at New York's Aqueduct race track to check up with the trainer of his five horses there and get his colors registered. Jimmy, a veteran rodeo rider, has decided that his brand, a rocking JC, will be stamped on silks of emerald and white...