Word: lunching
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...know how it felt to shake hands with Queen Elizabeth at Wimbledon and what they had said (The Queen: "It was a very enjoyable match, but you must have been very hot on the court." Althea: "I hope it wasn't as hot in the royal box.") During a lunch given her by New York City's Mayor [Robert] Wagner at the Waldorf, Althea managed to make a speech. "God grant that I wear this crown I have won with dignity," she said. "I just can't describe the joy in my heart...
...Bill Clinton says he would work on a Times crossword in those White House lunch breaks - when for a few moments, he would be disturbed by neither aides nor interns. Our last smart President found a life lesson in puzzle-solving: "Sometimes you have to go at a problem the way I go at a complicated crossword puzzle...You start with what you know the answer to and you just build on it, eventually you can unravel the whole puzzle... And I think a lot of difficult, complex problems are like that: you have to find some aspect...
...rolled her eyes and said, "This child lives on jelly sandwiches and iced tea." How much iced tea? "Well, a glass with breakfast, a glass or two when he gets home from school and then a couple of more glasses at dinner." What does he drink at lunch? "Chocolate milk." By my count, Dylan was consuming well over 400 mg of caffeine each day. Although the U.S. hasn't yet developed guidelines for caffeine intake for kids, most researchers recommend that children get no more that 100 milligrams of caffeine a day, the equivalent of the average amount of caffeine...
...road invariably means eating at hotels and restaurants - but if you're bored of being waited on, why not put together a picnic and head out to a park or scenic spot? You'll catch a slice of everyday life and a breath of fresh air along with your lunch. Many hotels will organize a packed meal for you, but assuming you have the time it's much more fun to head to a bustling food hall and browse unfamiliar delicacies for yourself. In fact, some of the more elaborate food stores, like those listed here, are attractions in their...
...Language Film. It was 1989, before private media exploded in India, before the government even recognized filmmaking as a legitimate industry. Armed with just good wishes and some telegrams from family and friends, we spent a riotous few days in the luxury of the Beverly Wilshire, being taken to lunch by Billy Wilder, joking with Pedro Almodóvar and his transgendered entourage, gate-crashing Spanish and Danish parties, not really minding that we were neglected by our own country. When it came time for our award, Jacqueline Bisset and Candice Bergen tripped and stuttered through the foreign names...