Word: escorted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Drexel. With a plush, specially rolled-out red carpet underneath Jiang's feet and gold and blue Drexel banners in English and Chinese characters draping the hallways, Drexel was clothed to the hilt. Painters put the fin- ishing touches on doors just hours before the Secret Service would escort Jiang through. Behind the president hung two enormous flags, each three stories long, of the United States and the People's Republic of China...
...facts. The individual you focused on, Stephen Lau, whom you characterized as a Hong Kong businessman, openly presented himself as an adviser to the Chinese. While he did join me and other delegation members in a ride to a meeting with Chinese government officials, ostensibly as an escort to the Chinese Ministry of Trade, Lau did not engage in substantive discussions with anyone in the U.S. delegation about the ongoing U.S.-China textile negotiations nor did he attend the China Trade Ministry meeting. As you noted, I had no knowledge of Lau's business interests or of alleged campaign contributions...
...green pocket one hour from Washington where the Mellons and Kennedys have homes, the wealthy have a little-known luxury. It's the imported Argentine polo player, a man who can do a lot for your game--and if you happen to be one of the available local horsewomen, escort you home afterward...
...library that reminds me of when I met her. As the editor of PEOPLE magazine, I was charged with covering every move she made, and one night some years ago, because the magazine had made a substantial contribution to whatever charity it was, I was Princess Diana's "escort" to a benefit performance of Falstaff by the Welsh National Opera. When I first met her that night, I thought I'd cut the ice with a little self-deprecating humor along the lines of how it was I who had perpetrated such insanely thorough coverage of her in America...
...tour escort and accompany groups to Asia on a regular basis. I don't believe that people in Hong Kong wanted their island to be returned to China [ONE COUNTRY, MANY SYSTEMS, June 30]. Satisfaction with the handover was certainly not the feeling I heard expressed when I talked to Hong Kong residents shortly after the decision to return the island had been made. The Chinese know all too well what happens to dissidents. The closer it got to the deadline for the handover, the more people were afraid to express their true feelings to strangers and in front...