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...Knoxville's shindig is by no means minor league. For a daily admission charge of $9.95, patrons will get the run of exhibits from 23 foreign countries. China has lent an ad hoc museum of treasures, including 20 two-ton bricks from the Great Wall. Among the other 1,000 artifacts coming from the People's Republic: pearl-encrusted tapestries, ancient porcelain and a pair of life-size 3rd century B.C. terra cotta warriors. The Egyptians, too, plan to ship some splendid pieces, including the chariot of Pharaoh Ramses II. Japan's installation, with perhaps a touch...
...hours later, Carter was the genial host at a far different kind of picnic: a shindig on the South Lawn of the White House for some 800 labor leaders and their wives. Desperately in need of labor support, Carter last week was rewarded with the endorsement of the diminished but still influential...
...good idea, therefore, to attend the cider and cookie shindig at your senior adviser's pad. And don't be careless with your fancy invitation to Dean Hank Moses' tea party. You'll get hot cider, good coffee and some of the best pastries in Cambridge. And you'll get a chance to meet the Dean, who's truly a great guy. Ask him to go rock climbing and he'll love you. But be careful about dragging him onto a handball court. He's a terror...
Originally, the tournament was envisioned as a tuna catching shindig, but since its inception only four tuna have been boated. (The fishermen have hooded nine others, all of whom got away.) In 1964, George Deagle of the University of Western Ontario brought in a 703-lb. tuna. However, the tuna population has been on the wane in the past few years, and the peak tuna season comes two weeks after the tournament...