Word: protocol
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...when his American tutor, Mrs. Elizabeth Gray Vining, called him Jimmy. The lesson learned that day seemed very much with Akihito last week as he journeyed across the Pacific on his way to the coronation in London. Now 19, diminutive (5 ft. 4 in. 114 Ibs.) and dignified (when protocol demanded), the Prince, aboard the President Wilson, shook off his six chamberlains, mingled easily with fellow passengers, dined at the captain's table, ate American dishes, held a Martini at cocktail parties (but was not seen to drink it), played pingpong and mah-jongg with pretty American and Chinese...
...focal point for public and world attention. He is a slave to his office, being obliged to serve his country without cease at all hours and every day of the year. He can have very little privacy. If he has young children, they are largely governed by protocol and cannot enjoy the freedom of the White House as they would a normal home...
Among the principal members of the Adenauer party will be Walter Hallstein, Vollrath Freiherr von Maltzan, Heinz L. Krekeler, Heinz Heinrich von Herwarth, Feliz von Eckardt, Alexander Boker, and John F. Simmons, State Department chief of Protocol...
...where he started his foreign-service career 33 years ago. After studying for a law degree and practicing briefly as an architect, he entered the Foreign Service as third secretary in Madrid. Married to Mary Armour of the meatpacking family, he combined social assurance and a sure sense of protocol with an unspectacular determination to become a competent career man. In 1927 Cal Coolidge borrowed him as White House director of ceremonies, and he stayed on under Herbert Hoover as chief of protocol...
...Chilean newspapers played down Perón's arrival, and one went so far as to report it in a single paragraph on the back page. In the end, Perón had to settle for a good deal less than he wanted. The two Presidents signed a protocol pledging negotiation of a treaty within 120 days that should provide for eventual and gradual establishment of a customs union. Bolivia and Peru may be invited to join later...