Word: protocol
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...fanfare in the Soviet press, nor was there a welcoming delegation at the Moscow airport. Under the current Soviet sobriety crackdown, there was no vodka either. The choice of an elegant suburban dacha for the talks was intended to encourage constructive informality for discussions normally cemented in rigid protocol. But behind the lace curtains, the Soviets proved standoffish...
...head of France's new conservative government, Premier Jacques Chirac has left no doubt about where he stands on major issues. But where does Chirac sit? For most of last week, protocol experts were trying to determine whether Chirac or President Francois Mitterrand should occupy France's seat at the opening banquet in Tokyo next month, along with President Ronald Reagan and five other leaders of the world's major industrialized countries. Both Chirac, the head of government, and Mitterrand, the head of state, will be attending the Tokyo meeting...
...Murphy dryly observes how the size of the briefcase indicates an attorney's status: junior associates haul home thick wads of raw documents in bulky bags, while partners take away the distillate of that material: a few sheets in a thin leather envelope. He deftly sketches the ballets of protocol between august attorneys and rich parvenu clients, the ugly skirmishing between partners near retirement and their power-hungry successors, the condescension of smug lawyers toward everyone who works for them...
...Reagan felt slighted, it's because Mass Hall either stepped on sensitive toes, or simply took the President's appearance for granted. While it might seem strange that the President of the United States needs to be lured here with academic kudos, the Reagans are known to take protocol and good manners very seriously...
...important guest who did not arrive and of Sondra Gotlieb's belief that Connor had not informed her of the situation. For Gotlieb, a novelist who writes a witty column for the Washington Post satirizing the capital's social scene, it was a mortifying moment. Among her frequent topics: protocol at official events...