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...biannual fete, attended by such noted Harvard alumni as Jack Lemmon '47 and John Lithgow '67, was sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Club of Southern California to fund scholarships for students from that region...
...Beverly Wilshire Hotel ballroom was filled by the 755 people who attended the $200-per-plate benefit. Gregory Peck, Sidney Poitier and Paul Newman were among those Hollywood notables on hand for the fete...
Before the Bitburg controversy broke, White House aides saw Ronald Reagan's trip to Europe as a pleasant presidential peregrination filled with photo opportunities. His ten-day itinerary includes both statecraft and diplomatic theater: a state visit to West Germany, the economic summit meeting in Bonn, a royal fete in Spain, a speech before the European Parliament in Strasbourg, high-level meetings in friendly Portugal. Reagan's theme will be "accentuate the positive," and in his remarks and speeches he will emphasize the 40 years of peace, amity and (relative) prosperity since...
...abducts a succulent pig (Betty) from a local farm. The porker, however, harbors two secrets. First, it is an unlicensed pig, covertly purchased by Swaby and his two friends, the accountant Allardyee (Richard Griffiths) and the barrister Lockwood (John Normington) and planned as the guest of honor at a fete to celebrate the royal wedding. Secondly, the pig is subject to frequent and liquid bowel movements, especially when brought into a strange environment like the Chilver's living room...
...home of Joseph Canzeri, a former presidential scheduler who now runs a public relations concern. Delayed slightly by the Washington Redskins' 29-27 win over the St. Louis Cardinals (occasionally even power rituals are only the second most interesting game in town), Canzeri's Venetian-style Christmas fete attracted a classic "interesting Washington mix": diplomats (Nepalese Ambassador Bhekh Thapa), members of Congress (Senators John Tower and Sam Nunn), name journalists (Columnist Mary McGrory), plus the Reaganaut social front line (Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese and Wife Ursula, along with Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver and Wife Carolyn...