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...Hofheinz Jr., professor of Government, said at a Dudley House luncheon that Chiang may have sought the help of a Peking garrison commander to consolidate her control, but that he chose to side with the Politburo...
Back in Washington, too, the President has kept in close touch with his past, athletic and otherwise. He meets regularly with cronies from Grand Rapids and Capitol Hill, and on July 31, he took time out from the slogging quest for delegates to give a luncheon reunion for his law school Phi Delta Phi fraternity brothers. After rising at 6 o'clock, he pedals the equivalent of a mile astride a stationary bicycle upstairs in the White House, and he ends the working day by swimming 22 laps, or one-quarter mile, in the pool behind the West Wing...
...lamented that "poor people ... are the only ones who serve jail sentences." When he announced his presidential candidacy in December 1974, Carter inveighed against Government that is run from "an ivory tower," against "gross tax inequities," against "a business executive who can charge off a $50 luncheon on a tax return and a truck driver who cannot deduct his $1.50 sandwich...
Jimmy's wife Rosalynn was everywhere-from convention hall to caucus meetings to a black women's press conference. At a luncheon sponsored by a group of New York professional women, she explained that she had earned her husband's professional respect when she kept the books for the family peanut business. "Jimmy asked me 'How's this doing?' and 'How's that doing?' So I became an adviser...
...with rousing marches, folk songs and bagpipe tunes. Lining the route were enthusiastic, cheering crowds and honor guards from more than 60 military, civic and private organizations. The long gondolalike Royal Barge, manned by 18 oarsmen in blue Navy dress, took the couple across the Strommen to a lavish luncheon for 300 relatives, friends and official guests at the 680-room Kungliga Slottet (Royal Palace). Afterward, the King and his new Queen headed for two weeks in seclusion to begin their honeymoon. (To newsmen earlier in the week, Carl Gustaf had quipped: "That's enough time...