Word: patly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Soon the plane is on the ground. Just then Chou and a corporal's guard of officials come casually out. It is an understatement. Not in memory has a host not been in place when the presidential jet came to rest. The President and Pat Nixon appear in the doorway to a ripple of applause from Chou's thin line down below. After the Premier greets the President there is the usual small talk. Apparently...
...television get the idea that it is some kind of folk festival, it is not quite so hearty. The huge hall engulfs the guests, much like China itself. Nixon is a dim figure with Chou, nibbling at his shark's fin dish and supping his almond junket. Pat's red dress is a drop of warm blood in the gray...
...President's air of exhilaration was apparent even before the helicopter lifted his party off the White House grounds to begin the 11,510-mile journey to Peking. As he and Pat walked past a score of congressional and Cabinet leaders in an unusual red-carpet sendoff, Nixon repeatedly poked officials jovially in the ribs, bent close to whisper remarks that newsmen could not overhear, laughed at the banter. Yet he was restrained as he described his mission's goal to some 8,000 spectators, including 1,500 schoolchildren bused into Washington for the occasion. "We must recognize...
...only the champagne and cigarettes). There would possibly be two meetings with Mao, one in Hangchow at week's end when the Nixons and the Chairman may go boating on mist-shrouded West Lake. Nixon will meet Chou daily in working sessions, then he and Pat will be entertained in the evenings, probably at a Chinese opera and a gymnastic or other athletic exhibition. In the talks, both sides will be well supported by unsung experts (see opposite page...
However two superb efforts by Penn's Pat Gallagher and Ted Kreibel, both swimming legs well under 48.0 seconds, were not enough, as Harvard swam its best relay of the year, en route to its most impressive victory of the season...