Word: dinners
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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However, Humphrey was greeted by thousands of Indonesians waving tiny paper American flags-a far cry from the raging mobs that burned and looted the U.S. and British embassies in years past. At a dinner in Humphrey's honor. Acting President Suharto frankly appealed for U.S. economic assistance and warned that "if the economy cannot be improved in a relatively short time" the Indonesian Communist Party might well score a comeback. Clearly, the Indonesian economy would be the key topic during the Vice President's four-day stay-as it was at a conference of world businessmen...
Khemarin Palace, formerly the home of Cambodian sovereigns and now a residence for state guests, was put at her disposal, and the ruler's son-in-law, Prince Monirak, was assigned as her aide. A gala dinner in Chamcar Mon Palace on the Mekong River was followed by a performance of the royal ballet. With white frangipani blossoms in her hair, Princess Bopha Devi, Sihanouk's stunningly beautiful daughter and star of the ballet, led ten dancers in a re-enactment of Cambodian legends, and the Prince, enchanted by his guest, bubbled with jeu d'esprit. Jackie...
General of the Army Dwight Eisenhower, 77, has rarely been surrounded by so much rank. At a West Point Society dinner in Manhattan, Ike's five stars were flanked by a platoon of active and retired four-star generals, including SHAPE Commander Lyman Lemnitzer, Mark Clark, Alfred Gruen-ther, Lauris Norstad, Jacob Devers, Lucius Clay and Anthony McAuliffe. For that glittering crew, the society decided that no citations, no medals could come close to being adequate. "What award could we possibly give these men?" asked a spokesman plaintively...
Very Good Picture. All very embarrassing to the government. At a dinner given by Lord Thomson for visiting U.S. businessmen last week, Foreign Secretary George Brown, who admits to getting a bit tipsy at parties, departed from his prepared speech and lit into Thomson. "It is about time you shut up. Some of us think it is about time we stopped giving the Russians half a start on what we are doing, and, my dear Roy, I ask you and the Sunday Times to take this into account and for God's sake, stop." Replied Thomson...
...following speech was delivered to the Alumni Dinner of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, held in New York City November...