Word: meal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their former selves; the graceful existence they once accommodated, celebrated in novels and films, lives on. Morning strolls across rolling lawns, with tatters of mist clinging to the ancient oaks and hedgerows. Inside, an assembly of witty weekend guests. Tea at 4; whisky and soda at 6. A sumptuous meal, with candlelight glancing off starched white shirtfronts, bare shoulders and glittering jewelry. Port and cigars, conversation and billiards. And then...
...each river house, the average meal costs between $4.50 and $5.00, but average meals at the Quad cost nearly a dollar more, the report said...
...report also contains statistics on the number of meals served last year--a total of 3,506,068--as well as comparisons between Harvard and other colleges. Over the last seven years, according to the report, meal costs at Harvard have been increasing at rate lower than the Ivy League average...
...lavish bash the other night for millionaire motorcycle aficionado Malcolm S. Forbes, which reportedly cost somewhere in the $10,000 range, featured such tuxedo-clad cast in the hundreds. Once inside the Lampy castle, Forbes and crew were feted at the head table with a lavish meal. Other guests didn't get dinner, but there were drinks and hors d'oeuvres for all. But despite the big bucks lavished on the celebration, everything did not go without a hitch for Harvard's so-called humor magazine. The vodka supplies were critically depleted, according to a basement bartender, and first choice...
They were called "vegetarian hamburgers," and admittedly, they didn't appear too appetizing. Tofu and sprouts don't a patty make, skeptics cried. But surprisingly, the overwhelming verdict was kudos to HDS for a fine meal. Even HDS themselves were caught off guard--the patties were gone in Dunster and Mather...