Word: dinners
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...annual race of handsome gobblers to the White House Thanksgiving dinner table, the first to arrive was a wild turkey which had voluntarily taken up a sedentary life with a tame flock in Pondera County, Mont. As a reward the County Turkey Growers' Association gave him a free ride to the White House, but on the trip he lost two of his 22 pounds from excitement...
...Dinner was a most imposing affair. Even in the old days at Berlin there was not more ceremony. The ex-Kaiser appeared in a glittering uniform, with decorations sparkling on his breast. . . . His consort (the former Princess Hermine) was magnificently gowned and all the staff were in full uniform. . . . I sat at the ex-Kaiser's right and next to me sat the Lord Chamberlain...
Since the French Mandate in Syria adjoins the British Mandate in Palestine, M. de Jouvenel an nounced that he wished to come to an amicable understanding concerning any possible sources of friction between the two mandates. Said he, after a conference, a dinner, another conference, and a few hours at a supper club with Mr. Chamberlain...
John St. Loe, Strachey, editor of the London Spectator, which is known as "England's most influential periodical," will tonight give an address in the Living Room of the Union. The London editor will be given as small dinner at the Union, and will afterwards talk on "Literary Revolt". Mr. Strachey's talk will start at 7.30 o'clock...
...Angora, President Mustafa Kemal of the Turkish Republic continued his policy of Europeanizing Turkey by holding a dinner-dance in Occidental style. He shattered tradition by insisting that all the women present should remove their veils and join in an old-time Turkish dance with the men. Previously such a proceeding would have been considered sacrilegious, especially as many non-Turks of the foreign diplomatic corps were present. So great is the ascendancy of Mustafa Kemal at present, however, that all the members of his Cabinet and their wives, as well as the leaders of Young Turk society, conformed docilely...