Word: harrimans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...career in 1958 as to his final goal. As he himself put it before the '64 campaign, "I'm a politician. That is my profession. Success in politics, real success, means only one thing in America." The prevalent wisdom in that first gubernatorial campaign in 1958 against Averill Harriman was that Rockefeller had only gained his family's approval for his venture into politics on the condition that he would be in the White House within ten years...
...seating at the table. The 19th century after-dinner protocol of sexual segregation-at least where initiated by men-has long been fading. Such formality persists in some Washington circles. But last August, when she was asked to "join the ladies" after dinner at a party given by Averell Harriman, Washington Post Reporter Sally Quinn stalked out of the house...
Gerald Ford's courtiers are saved from an overly grand view by those same jets that bring them so swiftly. They soon are dumped back into the realities of Detroit and New York. But the memories mingle and linger: supreme of pheasant smitane, Rockefeller, Harriman, Dillon, chestnut mousse, Bob Stack, Nanette Fabray, De La Renta, Alsop, filet of salmon in aspic, Cronkite, Swearingen, Humphrey, Schramsberg blanc de noir, Auchincloss. Watching from the dim corners of the old Decatur House on Lafayette Square, where the ladies went for tea, or inside the stately Anderson House, where Sadat the next...
...commission's decision "is grossly inadequate and unrealistic," Bruce Harriman '50, New England Telephone's general manager, said Monday, claiming that the commission had "played games with numbers...
...schoolmarm than a possible vamp, and the Count, how roly-poly in old age, played only three numbers with his band, which was a shame. But their fans have not faded away. The opening-night audience included former New York York Mayor Robert Wagner, 65, ex-Governor Averell Harriman, 83, Lauren Bacall, 51, and Gregory Peck, 59. With mezzanine seats selling for $35 each and orchestra seats going for $40, Uris Theater managers expected to take in close to $1 million for the 16 scheduled performances...