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Candlelight flickers softly in the room, dancing on the tablecloth and glinting on the goblets' crystal stems. The elegant table, laid for eight, is set for a lavish gourmet feast, and the guests, clad in evening gowns and tailored suits, talk of Herodotus and scientific ethics over white wine, blanched vegetables and cheddar cheese fondue. In the seat of honor, Emily Vermeule, professor of Fine Arts, discusses her excavations in Cyprus during the Turkish invasion. It is Jim Mitchell's dream come true...

Author: By Wendy L. Wall, | Title: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

...other 17 male members of the Senate Judiciary Committee hastened to reassure the woman sitting before them that perfect civility would mark what one called the " historic occasion." The courtliness displayed at last week's confirmation hearings was so eiffusive that it seemed surprising that the green baize tablecloth had not been changed to pink, the better to honor Arizona's Sandra Day O'Connor, 51, the first woman nominated to be a Justice of the Supreme Court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Comes La Judge | 9/21/1981 | See Source »

...equipment field can drop by the store and have a look at the list of some 300 desired items, which include omelette and sauté pans, salt and pepper mills in natural wood, dishes for casseroles and soufflés, 24 champagne glasses, 18 highball tumblers, a dark green tablecloth and two shocking-pink lamps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magic in the Daylight | 8/3/1981 | See Source »

...dozen freshmen enjoyed a candlelight dinner with tablecloth and wine at the Union. "We're getting ready for the game," Sarah J. Albee '84 said last night...

Author: By Susan L. Donner and Gregory M. Stankiewicz, S | Title: Playing The Game | 11/22/1980 | See Source »

...audience information without letting word choice and phrasing reveal additional insight into the speakers. Characters rarely utter more than four words at a time, and there are precious few monologues. Benedict, Jordan and Agutter too often let the unexpected eye contact, the strained embrace, the angry removal of a tablecloth do the audience's work of interpretation...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Leiman, | Title: Mind Games | 11/12/1980 | See Source »

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