Word: dinner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...away better for a couple of hicks like us," he maintains. "And it's better for the kids." King enjoys the role of paterfamilias, scrubbing the indoor grill over the sink so that Tabby and the children can have an outing at the local shopping mall. Dinner is a family affair with everybody present. The conversation ranges from Little League to books and movies to local gossip. King can drive to New York City for meetings with his publishers in one of two Mercedes, or in a red Cadillac convertible or in a Chevy van, but once or twice...
...from controversy." Julie strips away the image of her mother as "Plastic Pat" to show a woman who held hands with her husband in White House receiving lines when she thought no one was looking, who escaped the claustrophobic atmosphere of the White House by occasionally sneaking out after dinner to stroll the streets of downtown Washington. Rather than complain about the frigid air conditioning in King Faisal's guesthouse on a visit to Saudi Arabia, Julie writes, her mother spent the night trying to keep warm by huddling in a marble bathtub filled with bedding...
Workers said that Bozzotto's participation in a sit-in that closed down a gala dinner party at last month's 350th celebration intensified their dissatisfaction with his leadership...
...since when has leadership been the sole guage of interest? The fact that I never have been mistaken for William Faulkner doesn't mean that I want to attend the dinner for Harvard writers any less than the editor of Padan Aram. And while it is true that most student leaders are talented, dedicated and hard-working, many could be described with less flattering adjectives. How about aggressive, competitive and single-minded...
...Winthrop House residents have been invited to a dinner in honor of Warburg Professor of Economics John Kenneth Galbraith...