Word: luncheon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...speaker at last week's National Press Club luncheon in Washington was introduced as an "All-American Russian." He was short, of average build, blue-eyed, grey-haired, wearing a neat and conservative suit; his air of aplomb as he looked around the crowded room was that of a subdued advertising executive. He spoke good English, and as he began to read the text of a formal speech he ad-libbed that he liked to ski, swim, play tennis; he broadened that into "good sportsmanship" and that into "good neighbors" and that into "peaceful coexistence...
...missilemen and their families have infected the whole populace with the fever. In motels, bars and restaurants, the prevailing talk is rocketry, its failures and its triumphs. One restaurant is fitting out its roof garden with telescopes; sons of missilemen are shooting their own miniature rockets; a ladies' luncheon club has dubbed itself the Missile Misses; and no sooner does a contractor develop a new weapon than a new motel (e.g., Polaris, Vanguard) of the same name springs up in the scrub...
Ydigoras continued building his good impression as guest of honor at an Organization of American States luncheon, left for home to keep an important engagement: his inauguration, which went off with simple dignity this week in the National Congress building...
Several of the contentions in that story bear rectification: the visit of the FLN representative was arranged by the Arab Students Association. The staff of the Worlds Affairs Council made tentative arrangements to hold a press-luncheon for him. This arrangement was vetoed by the Council's Executive Committee at the first opportunity without much ado, questioning why the Council, a non-partisan, educational organization should provide such a platform. It was questioned why the Harvard UN Council, one of the sponsors of Mr. Chanderli's trip, should not hold a press meeting instead. A membership meeting was suggested instead...
Lowell House Luncheon...