Word: formals
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Envelopes & Doodles. The formal discussions were held in the State Department's Map Room, where the Premier sat with a pile of red envelopes, containing briefing notes, in front of him on the table. Dulles sat opposite, with only a clean scratchpad at his place. Throughout the discussions Mendès listened with wrenlike intensity, speaking almost entirely in English (more than once he barked out a French phrase to Ambassador Henri Bonnet, who supplied the English for him). Dulles often doodled or whittled on a pencil as the conversations lengthened...
...bouncy man of 76, who likes to wear old-fashioned wing collars and pince-nez and who like another well-known Prime Minister, has a fondness for strong brandy and premier-sized cigars. Last week Yoshida was in the U.S. on a twofold mission: 1) to pay a formal goodwill call, and 2) to find some economic succor for his hungry homeland. The protocol tour was a resounding success, but the fund-raising expedition turned out to be a disappointment for the little visitor...
...Duke and Duchess of Windsor, I realized that Rita was determined to remodel the Château de l'Horizon on the lines of the Windsor establishment. Prince Ali's maids, who for years had worn gay summer prints and went bare-legged except for formal occasions, were measured for crisp black-and-white uniforms. Rita made them all wear black silk stockings and high-heeled black leather shoes . . . One day when Prince Ali and I were exercising together-we used to throw to each other a pint-sized Indian boy who enjoyed every moment...
Lowell and Eliot House Formal Dances...
Under the present arrangement, work in tutorial receives no formal grade other than the tutors' recommendation of honors, pass or fail. In view of tutorial's growing importance in the curriculum, the committee is reviewing whether a need exists for a more definite scale of accomplishment...