Word: greeterism
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...problem then was still present. Shortly after Henry Johnston, chief greeter for the Athletic Association had shouted "We're off!" and had narrowly missed immersion leaving the dock, another conference was held on the launch. Mr. Alison Danzig, visiting steward from the New York Times Boating Club, spoke first...
Lord Inverchapel, retiring Ambassador to the U.S., got a nod from the British Foreign Office, which made him official greeter for this summer's Olympic Games...
...three-year term, Camillien Houde has no special plans. He knows his city and his city knows him. He fills about 1,900 official engagements a year, recently logged eleven in one night. Says Houde: "I am what TIME called me-a glorified handshaker, a hotel-greeter-no? I do not exactly get tired. I get-what you say? -stale. When I have to get up early, it seems the Devil himself contrives to keep me up late. But I can take it. I am tough like hell...
...plain citizens would have to step out of character and match, or better, the Mexican enthusiasm. The Protocol Division's patient, able Stanley Woodward was worried. He called on the Army, Navy, Marines, school officials, the Washington Board of Trade and even New York's master greeter, Grover Whalen, to plan a spectacle that Latin American and even Hollywood itself might whistle...
...twisting, industry-fouled, rat-grey Cuyahoga (rhymes with buy a toga) River, now edged with iron and steel furnaces, oil refineries, factories, warehouses, docks and long ore, coal and grain ships, a small boat will bring Leading Citizens to re-enact the landing (complete to an Indian greeter). There will be the inevitable Civic Luncheon (Clevelanders love anything with the word Civic in front of it). That night in the spacious downtown Mall there will be carnival: floats, a four-stage circus, hours of entertainment...