Word: en
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hamilton Jordan is a pizza proponent. He shuns the Sans Souci, a favorite Washington restaurant, thereby reaping contempt from a small but spirited group who consider the crabe en chemise (washed with a Sancerre '72) to be one of civilization's finer creations. Rosalynn Carter has taken the French off White House menus. She has a similar attitude toward fashion, refusing to consider it a high art form...
...Scalise has had to use his freshmen en masse to rebuild the midfield units. Yardling Mike Ward, a two-time All-City choice at Tennis's high school alma mater in Baltimore, joins regulars Bobby Mellen (15-3-18) and Bill Forbush (8-2-10) on the first trio...
Meanwhile, Bok & Co. were opening up a 38-23 halftime edge. Bok recovered from a Meyers "in-the-face" driving lay-up with a nifty two-hand set shot from downtown en route to an eight-point first half. Bok saw the roundball on severla occasions, thanks to the generous passing of subordinate Wyatt, who, like any aspiring Veep, shoveled it to his boss continually...
...study of the history and literature of China in graduate school and was able to use the language well enough to conduct interviews with Chiang Ch'ing in Chinese. Witke made her 1972 trip to investigate the status of women. Her talks with the wife of Chou En-lai spurred Chou to recommend to Chiang Ch'ing that she talk with Witke too. The subsequent interviews ranged from political intrigue and Mme. Mao's version of the downfall of Lin Piao to her admiration for Garbo and Chaplin...
...Godfrey Bonsack of May fair. Then there is the ruler of Dubai, who likes to hoist up his skirts-all the way-and then see which courtier will be the first to mention the royal flash. Linda of Arabia deals in crashing generalities. "Arabs are hypochondriacs," she offers en passant. Bahrain is "tidy," Qatar is dull and Kuwait is full of trendy boutiques but still very conservative. One sheikh found his unmarried daughter with a man and took her out to the desert-forever. The Saudi view of women boils down to "treasure or tramp." Linda apparently does not fall...