Word: hobnobbing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Mannersmith’s final judgment on Bush Sr.’s throwing up on a Japanese dignitary while on tour in Japan? “He would’ve been better off throwing up on his wife than the prime minister.” Revellers who hobnob with dignitaries, beware—and stand far, far away...
...particular specialty. Each November, Provident Travel of Cincinnati, Ohio, organizes a one-week Caribbean cruise with Royal Caribbean International that features current and former Cincinnati Reds. About 160 to 200 die-hard fans, average age 60, put up $1,200 to $1,800 (this includes airfare) to hobnob with the pinstripers, says Jim Mogan, Provident's director of operations. Charles Hindersman, 77, a retired professor and university vice president who lives in Indianapolis, Ind., has participated in these baseball cruises for the past 11 Novembers with his wife Justyn, 75. "As a native of Cincinnati, I have been a lifelong...
Some of the guests relished the catered buffet and thumping music as much as the chance to hobnob with political doyens...
...when the country club lawn will be larger and the guest list more exclusive. Some of us play CEOs. We run our extracurriculars like corporations, fueling cutthroat competition and politicking, priming ourselves for the Forbes 500 with a premature sense of self-importance. Some of us play politicians. We hobnob at the Institute of Politics and recruit our friends to manage our bids for the Undergraduate Council, imagining some not so distant future when our names will grace campaign signs instead of problem sets. Still others of us play academics, activists, artisans, the avant-garde. We fashion the world that...
...Coyula-Cowley says, and the only dictator clever enough to get people to call him by his first name. Why, everybody loves “Fidel”—especially the movie stars, left-of-left congressmen, and American academics who are always flying down to hobnob with...