Word: sojourner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Well," ousted Secretary of Commerce Peter G. Peterson said to Washington Post Reporter Sally Quinn about his official sojourn in Washington, "the experience may have been costly, but it was also priceless." Before bidding farewell to the capital, Peterson went to a dinner party with some Democratic friends (Host Tom Braden, Senator J. William Fulbright, Former Ambassador David Bruce), where he regaled everyone with an imaginary version of his dismissal. He had been summoned to "Mount David," said Peterson, and subjected to a loyalty test. Had his wife Sally really voted for McGovern? Would he please give a one-word...
...privileged convicts, the Alessios lost no time in buttering up the guards. On different occasions, according to the indictment, the Alessios arranged a free weekend at a resort hotel in Stateline, Nev., for one parole officer and his family; they treated another prison official to a lavishly catered sojourn at the Kona Kai, a San Diego club controlled by Smith. Another time Tony Alessio hosted a fishing trip for a guard and three of his friends that ended with a surprise bonus: two nude prostitutes who came dancing out of the bathroom in their motel suite...
...FIND that up here on top of a mountain, it is easier for me to get on top of the job," remarked President Nixon as he enjoyed the splendid isolation of Camp David after winning reelection. His sojourn stretched on for 2½ weeks, longer than that of any President who has used the retreat, so long that Comedian Alan King drew laughs in his Las Vegas routine by suggesting that the whole point of the election had been "to send a boy to camp." Then, last week, the rumors rumbling down the mountainside turned into a sudden avalanche...
...Inner City Repertory Dance Company, based in Los Angeles and led by a studious black named Donald McKayle, is a well-knit company of young black and white dancers. One of the best of them is Leslie Watanabe, who danced a leading role in McKayle's new Sojourn as though the work were not about a few visits, but about all time. Set to a wryly dissonant musical trifle, Rapsodie á Sept by André Jolivet, Sojourn sent the dancers back and forth in changing patterns like travelers meeting briefly at a crossroads. Another Inner City star is Michele...
Because Brandt is coming expressly for the convocation, which is closed to the public, his sojourn does not constitute an official state visit and thus skirts usual protocol...