Word: salmons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...newly-elected Overseer Desmond M. Tutu, was followed by a four-course meal in the Divinity School's Andover Hall. Although Tutu was unable to attend the gala affair, one inside source who spoke on condition of anonymity said the other overseers were treated to butternut squash curry soup, salmon with dill and red pepper sauce, glazed carrots, new red potatos and salad with raspberry vinaigrette dressing. And let no one say Harvard doesn't go all out: There was chocolate mousse cake for dessert...
...School biology: At an open meeting of the Law School's public interest advisory committee Wednesday, several students compared their pursuit of public service careers to the tough journey of salmon swimming upstream. But the students got a little carried away with the analogy, and Professor of Law Christopher F. Edley, a member of the committee, said that the students should be wary of comparing themselves to the upstream-bound salmon...
Many hotels allowed the newly homeless, or those too frightened to stay in their insecure buildings, to camp out in their lobbies. At the darkened Stanford Court, complimentary caviar and smoked salmon were served by candlelight. The motive was not mere generosity: the comestibles would have spoiled without refrigeration. At the Mandarin Oriental, a manager explained, "We're doing our best to give our guests first-class comfort, even while bedding them down in the lobby." The expense-account Seven Hills of San Francisco Restaurant served a free sidewalk lunch to anyone who passed by. ) Bankers in three-piece suits...
...twin fetes had all the glitz and hoopla of a Hollywood premiere. Champagne flowed freely, and soft jazz whispered in the background. Guests nibbled on caviar and smoked-salmon quiche. The big bashes, which took place on the same day this month in New York City and Los Angeles, were staged by Commodore Business Machines to kick off a $15 million advertising campaign, starring celebrities ranging from the Pointer Sisters to Tommy Lasorda, manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. But instead of coming off as a preview, the event seemed more like a benefit for an aging star...
Signs of that loss, alas, had already been felt. The starched tablecloths and silver on the Canadian have long since disappeared from the dining car, and the salmon dinner has lately been spawned in a microwave. And yet the romance lingers. "The train is what welded a widespread and thinly populated nation together," says Canadian novelist W.O. Mitchell, who rode the freights across his native prairies during the Great Depression. "I don't guess that's too relevant now with air travel and cars and television, but it doesn't change my sadness at seeing what's happening...