Word: hosts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...suit pursuit came to light when the State Department, alarmed by reports that the five-term Congressman had sexually accosted a Peace Corps volunteer during a fact-finding mission to Zaire last March, asked other embassies that have played host to Savage about his activities. Two congressional committees are now investigating the allegations. Considering the outcome of his foreign forays, Savage might want to consider sticking closer to home...
...nasal honk of an accent, Denis has become a cherished figure for his skillful maneuvers through the minefields of public life alongside his wife, or, as he would say with precision, "a pace behind her, old chap, a pace behind her." He is mainly visible as the gracious host while his wife conducts affairs of state. At 74, < he seems eminently fit for the job: the back is still ramrod straight, the step springy, the mind clear as a bell. What keeps him in such excellent fettle? "Cigarettes and gin," chuckles Denis...
Such talk is anathema at State and Justice, where military intervention is viewed as a blatant violation of international law that would inflame the Latin nations. Bennett supports limited use of U.S. military advisers, but only for training and only at the invitation of the host nations...
...suitor trying to persuade his girl to let him share her bed, the fair-weather swain shifting in an instant from rhapsody to rancor, the lovers plotting to escape a tyrannical father (only to find that they cannot so easily escape themselves). Puck, we realize, would make a dream host on The Love Connection, and the rude mechanicals, rehearsing "most obscenely and courageously," would surely be an instant hit on prime time. We recognize, too, that the malaprop artists' confusion of "paragon" and "paramour" is not an idle joke; the idealizing of love is as old as broken hearts...
...proposal was unveiled by Joseph D. Malone '78, who may find himself next fall running against incumbent state Treasurer Robert Q. Crane, who has held the office since 1964. Malone and radio talk show host Jerry Williams were joined by Republicans and other supporters below the Paul Revere statue in Boston's North End for a news conference announcing the proposal...