Word: dinners
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When the President's limousine was spotted purring out of the gate one night, there was a suspicion that the owner was going out on the town-but nobody was sure. The car was later seen in Georgetown, and it was assumed that he had had dinner there. Again, nobody knew for sure. Betty Beale, the Washington Star's society columnist, had a real scoop when she disclosed, almost three weeks later, that the Johnsons had attended a dinner at the Averell Harrimans'-and that every-one had had a fine time. The Johnsons' place cards...
Those who do get in receive rigorous physical and intellectual training. An enlisted man will find army drill difficult and intense, and boisterous ping pong matches after dinner no less exhausting. In the evening he reads or studies with a small group the works of Mao Tse-tung. Several of the shorter essays have to be memorized, especially those that describe the communist soldier's duties--obey the Party, love the People. That means, he learns, return what you borrow, do favors for the peasants, don't mistreat their daughters...
...evening, after a mild Scotch, he eats a solitary dinner, wishing she were there with him to enjoy the Russian caviar and the really excellent Burgundy. Later, after reading a few chapters of Ian Fleming, he glances at his Swiss watch and realizes it is time for bed. Who needs technology...
...first White House dinner of the 1967 social season was an old-fashioned love feast, and the hyperbole was as calorie-laden as the chocolate souffle. Noting that his three guests of honor had "each suffered the venomous abuse that often attends public life," Lyndon Johnson defended them as "adventurers, pioneers and statesmen who have blazed the trail of human dignity." Replying in kind, Vice President Hubert Humphrey likened Johnson to Franklin Roosevelt, House Speaker John McCormack toasted him as "a man bigger than life," and Chief Justice Earl Warren psalmed the joys of fellowship. "Behold," proclaimed Republican Warren...
Even we members of the jeunesse argentee know that you need a good single man for dinner parties. And what with Legal Aid, even the jeunesse papier mache can get a divorce. So choose more wisely...