Word: golestan
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...boss, the husky, bushy-browed Soviet President displayed the common touch. Waving a glass of vodka at a Soviet Embassy reception, Brezhnev gaily shouted "Down with protocol and long live freedom." The performance did little for protocol but even less for freedom. For a royal banquet at Golestan Palace, Brezhnev specified in advance that proper dress would be a business suit (the Empress appeared in a filmy black gown, without her tiara). He visibly caused raised eyebrows at one dinner by licking his fingers after heaping caviar on a slice of toast. Riding through the streets of Teheran...
...became apparent last May when he paid a triumphal visit to Greece, De Gaulle has visions of rebuilding France's influence in the Middle and Near East. At a banquet in Golestan Palace, in private talks with the Shah and his able Premier, Assadollah Alam, the guest repeated his pitch: Iran enjoys a friend in France, which has had treaty relations with the country since Louis XIV. In an address to Parliament, De Gaulle hailed the Shah's reforms, added that Iran, like France, has preserved dignified independence despite the cold war. He wound up with a grand...