Word: entertainment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hollywood magnate as well as the guest of honor, Madame Jayewardene, wife of the President of Sri Lanka. She was very shy and ill at ease, but President Reagan, though tired from a day's travel, quickly sensed her anxiety and took it upon himself to entertain her. He talked of the handicapped whom he had just been visiting; she discussed Sri Lanka's problems with drugs. When she spoke of the perfumed forests of her island country, he invited her to crush in her fingers a Martha Washington geranium on the table and smell the perfume...
...entertain people, give 'em a good time, but also to make them think," says Jacklin. She adds that as for her political leanings, she plans to write in Cyndi Lauper for President...
Cherbrikov: Comrade, don't fall asleep yet; there is more. Bok also said, "May I also say that all American universities subscribe to the tenets of academic freedom, which clearly embody the right of all professors to entertain any political views they choose so long as they carry out their duties without being subject to interference or prejudice on the part of the institution that hires them...
Diplomatic activity in the region has been hectic. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, for example, has conferred with the leaders of nonaligned countries about a peace initiative. "There is a glimmer of hope," said an Arab official last week. "For the first time the Iranians seem willing to entertain conversation about a settlement...
...Meinrad, a small Roman Catholic seminary in Indiana, is having trouble attracting students. Holsworth says in the past it has annually matriculated between 100 and 125 students--mostly from surrounding dioceses--but enrollment is now declining and the institution is having some difficulty convincing young men to entertain the priesthood...