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...minutes after he arrived at the White House, Tito was hustled off again. Worn by the pace and by the sudden change in climate and elevation from 1½-milehigh Mexico City, Tito returned to the Allen-Byrd House feeling ill, had nothing but two bowls of consommé for dinner. His personal physicians discovered that he was running a slight fever (100.2°), diagnosed it as a mild case of influenza. His scheduled trip to Yosemite National Park and San Fran cisco was canceled, which probably came as a relief to Administration officials who were worried about demonstrations. Disneyland...
...week, the Mexican government yielded a little to the hunger strikers, conditionally freed 19 small-fry railroad workers illegally held for 20 months, but released none of the important Reds. Grateful for the out, Siqueiros and his other hungry comrades gave up the strike and the painter started sipping consommé and apple sauce every three hours...
...expense-account diners in Manhattan last week were confronted with a tragedy as grave as the separation of sauce hollandaise-an eruption of Gallic temperament that temporarily closed Le Pavilion, considered by many the best French restaurant in the U.S. and by all check signers, among the most expensive (consommé: $2). In a fit of pique, Pierre Franey quit as Le Pavilion's head chef after Owner Henri Soulé demanded that he cut five hours of overtime off the work week of the kitchen staff in order to slash the operating expenses of the restaurant. An artist...
...relaxed as I read of his deductions.") Five-thirty was the cocktail hour for the Dulleses, "Jerry" Greene and Dr. Kamin-one shot of Old Overholt rye with a splash of water for Dulles, for Mrs. Dulles a martini. In the evenings the Dulleses dined alone (typical menu: consommé, chipped beef on toast, cake), afterward played backgammon. Since 1932, Janet and Foster have kept a notebook record of their backgammon scores. Last week Janet Dulles fell even farther behind...
...grinned and handshook his way through a reception, sipping at a Scotch-on-the-rocks, then at part of another. His color was ruddy, perhaps higher than usual around the cheekbones. For dinner he skipped the thick soup on the regular menu, had instead a cup of clear consommé, which came more in line with his diet of 1,800 calories a day. He ate a small piece of filet mignon (without the himself displayed at dinner of White House News Photographers Association...