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Robert Amory Jr., a former professor at the Law School and Deputy Director (Intelligence) of the C. I. A. from 1952 to 1962, left a luncheon for the Visiting Committee in a second-floor room overlooking the demonstration after the students exhibited their award, and parried a series of questions from students about his activities...
Following a rally on the steps of Memorial Church, the demonstrators will march to the CFIA and may attempt to disrupt a luncheon for members of the committee and fellows of the CFIA...
...peculiarly harrowing, morbid anxiety. It is as familiar to the little boy in the second-grade pageant as it is to the Broadway star; the soldier at roll call suffers from it, and so does the speaker at a Rotary luncheon. The stomach churns. The hands sweat. The mouth goes dry and the mind goes blank. Down comes a curtain of helpless despair. The victim wishes he could be somewhere, anywhere else-now. But he cannot be: the audience is waiting...
Samborski explained that most of the problem stemmed from varying interpretations of the word "available" in the ruling. "It's unclear what is meant by available," he said. "Is it capacity or what? They have season tickets there." He will suggest a clarification of the stipulation at an Association luncheon next week...
Uncomfortable in public, Annenberg also has problems on less formal occasions. At a private luncheon with Members of Parliament, Annenberg asked the waitress to leave the room. The guests leaned forward, expecting an important confidence about matters of state. Instead, Annenberg began: "You fellows ever hear...