Word: chefs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...station they were met by an elegant chef de protocole, who led the way to a commemorative plaque. After allowing Acting President Castillo a couple of tugs which failed to untwitch the covering, the officious chef de protocole unveiled the plaque with a jerk. Next he ordered photographs to be posed, driving Santiago Luis Cardinal Copello in & out of pictures until the Cardinal was hopelessly confused. When Vice Admiral Mario Fincati, Minister of Marine, was missing at the moment he should have signed, the chef de protocole peremptorily shouted: "Fincati! Fincati! Where's Fincati?-and sent dignified, elderly...
...formal luncheon, Acting President Castillo privately inquired of his neighbor: "Who is the chef de protocole?" He was told: "A friend of Moreno." Equally puzzled Governor Moreno, making an identical inquiry, was reassured: "He is a friend of Castillo...
...Buenos Aires correspondents knew very well who the chef de protocole was. They had recognized him as Argentina's famed gatecrasher, Júpiter Roberto Perrusi, a onetime $50-a-month postal clerk...
...most interesting of bad writers, or else one of the most unsatisfying of good ones. Breakfast With the Nikolides is much sharper and more mature than Gypsy, Gypsy (TIME, Aug. 12, 1940), yet as a whole the book is like an overcomplicated omelet prepared by an amateur chef too late at night for those who must digest...
...details of the plan, the tycoons of Lehman Hall have apparently been a bit over zealous. Seconds on such staples as meat and milk are certainly more important than the alternate main courses which decorate the menu and usually look like something from a Ubangi chef's nightmare. For the average student, a second is the exception rather than the rule, but it is a cherished exception when lunch comes as the first meal...