Word: cooke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...scandal that is still brewing on the sixth floor of HEW's offices on Independence Avenue. On the day of Champion's confirmation hearing, the world learned that Califano hired a private chef for himself and Champion, using a 402-word job description that never mentioned words "chef" or "cook." After answering about ten minutes' worth of reporters' questions about Souza, Walsh, and his own nomination, the ice finally broke...
...Otto Friedrich claims Bismarck's Foreign Minister, Bernhard von Billow, as a forebear as well as the French Dukes of Guise. Senior Editor John Elson notes that an ancestor of his grew the first pineapple in England, from a seedling brought back from the South Seas by Captain Cook...
...That habit of his reminded her of Wang An-shih, the prime minister of the Sung dynasty, who was known always to consume the dishes which happened to be positioned closest to him without taking notice of other dishes arrayed on the table. When his wife told the cook that he always favored those dishes placed near him, the cook thought it was the dish he liked, not just its proximity. When she mentioned this to the Chairman, he chuckled and said to her, "That's all you know about history, and you tease me about...
...Though some TV critics have clucked over her dearth of experience, Pauley has demonstrated precocious poise in her Today interviews and ad libs. She shares the show's food features and other "women's" stories with Host Tom Brokaw. "Why not?" asks Pauley. "I can't cook to save my life." She rises at 4:45 a.m., works until midafternoon, retires before 11 p.m., and spends many weekends traveling...
...Washington, which can detect power budding in the dark, has now had eight weeks to lock its sensors on Jordan and decide this is no good ole short-order cook. It has found he is enough at ease with power not to have to show it. His informality lulls people into relaxing their guard, encourages them to underrate him. Those who have crossed him learn all too late that he is an infighter who can hold his own in any political company and a far more complex personality than appearances suggest. House Speaker Tip O'Neill has dubbed...