Word: greet
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...middle-aged man approaches the table, three stars glittering on his tan Army jacket. One of the women, a captain in the cadet Brigade, turns to greet him. After a brief exchange, the lieutenant general bends forward and kisses her affectionately on the cheek. Conversation at the table halts. After a moment, a male cadet sneers: "I bet you've never seen a general kissing an officer before, have you?" The kissed cadet is the daughter of one of the general's old Army friends...
Cambridge police escorted the Matignon squad through the main streets and byways of the city last night, and hundreds of city residents turned out to greet the squad, which includes such luminaries as Ned Danehy, son of the city's former mayor Thomas W. Danehy...
Behind the labyrinth of burnt-orange desk dividers sat many of the most competent and respected journalists in America. At any given time about 600 people worked on the third floor. As a replacement for the receptionist during two weeks of the summer, I greeted many of these people every morning when they arrived at work. I got the feeling that if I didn't greet them with a smile and a "good morning" they would only tell time by the edition of the paper that sat on their desks...
Cambodia's exiled Prince Norodom Sihanouk, 57, has a palace in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, a residence in Peking and now honorary citizenship in the Maryland town of New Carrollton (pop. 14,000). It was conferred during Sihanouk's visit to greet Cambodian refugees living there and pray with them in a service presided over by saffron-robed monks who later feted their former ruler with cakes and tea. The Prince, who is in the U.S. to generate support for a neutral Cambodia, is also visiting refugee groups to see how they fare in a faraway...
...lived on Huron Avenue (at the other end of Cambridge) for four years, and I couldn't wait to get out--I knew maybe five people. Here I walk out the door and greet 20 people," Caragianes explains...