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...golfing clothes. At the 18th hole, U.S. Ambassador Stuart W. Rockwell chatted with General Mohammed Medbouh, commander of the King's military household. "We are the only ones who take golf seriously," sniffed Medbouh. ∙ A lavish buffet, which included lobster, smoked salmon, roast sheep and couscous, was laid out, along with champagne and mint tea. Hassan ate with his seven-year-old son, Crown Prince Sidi Mohammed, one of his five children, under a special canopy. Near by sat Habib Bourguiba Jr., son of Tunisia's President. Italian Ambassador Amedeo Guillet, who makes it a practice never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Slaughter at the Summer Palace | 7/26/1971 | See Source »

...would reply to a reporter's query about the Arab boycott of U.S. firms doing business with Israel. "Unfortunately," said Feisal, "Jews support Israel, and we consider those who provide assis tance to our enemies as our own enemies." Feisal's comment went down as smoothly as couscous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Relations: A Banquet of Cold Shoulder | 7/1/1966 | See Source »

...lovers will drool at the wide selection offered on Denmark's $6.50 cold board. The Spanish pavilion's Toledo and Granada restaurants dish up a numbing array of French and regional dishes. Africans (or at least Americans of African ancestry) in native robes serve groundnut soup and couscous ($4.50) in Africa's tree house, while the diner lucky enough to have a table on the balcony finds himself eyeball-to-eyeball with an inquisitive giraffe. Indonesia's seven-course, $7.75 dinner is spiced by whirling Balinese dancers. There are also many good, inexpensive restaurants. Cafe Hilton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New York Fair: Sep. 25, 1964 | 9/25/1964 | See Source »

...fickle palates. Herring lovers will drool at the wide selection offered on Denmark's $6.50 cold board. The Spanish pavilion's Toledo and Granada restaurants dish up a numbing array of French and regional dishes por mucho dinero. Africans in native robes serve groundnut soup and couscous ($4.50) in Africa's Tree House, while the diner finds himself eyeball-to-eyeball with an inquisitive giraffe. Indonesia's seven-course, $7.75 dinner is spiced by whirling Balinese dancers. There are also many good, inexpensive restaurants. Cafe Hilton atop the Better Living Center offers cafeteria-styled choices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New York Fair: RESTAURANTS | 9/11/1964 | See Source »

Last week the British at Hong Kong seized 340 lbs. of opium on a plane that had just flown in from Laos. But the boys at the Snow Leopard were not disconcerted. Said Couscous contemptuously: "That was the work of pure amateurs. A few days before the shipment they were drunk in a Vientiane bar, and boasting about the killing they were going to make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LAOS: The Boys at the Snow Leopard | 2/29/1960 | See Source »

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