Word: entre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...robbers also attended to their other appetites: they apparently brought along a chef. Using a gas-powered portable stove, he whipped up a four-course meal that included soup, charcuterie, an entrée, dessert and wine. The robbers brought no dishes with them, knowing there would be plenty of fine silver plate available...
Immediately, the young man began to calculate. That meant there would be no privileged entrée to the President, long one of the rituals of real influence. Anybody wanting to see Gerald Ford would have to enter his office from the corridors or the secretary's office or the porch, all doorways monitored and barred except by previous arrangement. It was a device to discourage empire builders or any staff man who felt he could occupy the presidential...
...show seems set up as a parody of the musical comedy medium, the child of all of the "serious" musicals that we have. LaZebnik inflates the institutions of musicals--torch songs, soft-shoe, romantic ballads--and then colors them with subtle witty lyrics and musical jokes: the entr'acte is a fourfold repeat of one song, and typically Show-type" harmonies are colored with dissonance or humorous rhythms. One of the greatest problems in most musicals is the transition from dramatic scenes to musical numbers. The history of shows displays a constant struggle to find new, unexpected ways to introduce...
Special relationships between senior journalists and high officials are relatively common in Washington. Such bonds are perhaps inevitable and often helpful in obtaining both hard news and perspective. Nonetheless, there can be hazards. Journalists who enjoy unusual entrée on the political heights can raise the eyebrows of less-favored colleagues. Even a newsman of Reston's integrity and prestige risks the suspicion that a particular relationship can dull his critical edge when he comments on that official...
Since it was kicked out of the U.N. in 1971, Taiwan has become ever more isolated diplomatically. But its emissaries have proved adept at gaining entrée to the markets and financial centers of some of the very nations that have barred them from foreign ministries. As a result, the island country has attracted enough trade and investment to overtake even Japan in the speed of its economic growth...