Word: protocolic
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...Watergate judge, Sirica seemed determined to demonstrate that even though he was a Republican he would not be a party to any whitewash at the trial. He often ignored the niceties of courtroom protocol, interrupting prosecutor and defense counsel alike to question a witness or nail down a fact...
...Houston, but they cut their visit to two weeks. Reason: had they stayed on, they would have been hard put to refuse an invitation to witness the launch of the second Skylab crew from Cape Kennedy, scheduled for July 28. The Russians have repeatedly shunned such invitations because protocol would have required them to invite American astronauts to one of their own lift-offs-something they have steadfastly declined...
Glassboro was chosen as the site of their two-day talks for reasons of protocol-it was equidistant from Washington and New York City. *One small but possibly telling portent occurred last week. The trade-union newspaper Trud reported that a much ballyhooed Siberian power generator supposedly put in service five years ago had in fact burned out at the factory and never been installed. Western economic analysts could not recall a case of similar candor...
...father's fondness for playing games with the press, contributed to the confusion. As recently as March, Anne royally fibbed that there was no romance between her and the strapping soldier. In fact, they actually became engaged in mid-April; the official announcement was delayed until, according to protocol, Commonwealth leaders and the Archbishop of Canterbury had been duly informed...
Punctilious Protocol. Rogers had an even more awkward time in Rio de Janeiro. There he waited for three days before flying to the capital of Brasilia for an official welcome. The reason: his counterpart, Foreign Minister Mário Gibson Barbosa, along with President Emílio Médici and the rest of Brazil's top officialdom, was away on a visit to Portugal. Protocol dictated that Rogers could not see anyone-or leave Rio -until Barbosa returned. He could easily have arranged either to stay at home or to fly back...