Word: toasting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sputnik era there seemed a fair chance that the U.S. Congress would at last approve. On a broader basis, President Eisenhower has long felt the need for an overall pooling of NATO scientific talent. At the White House dinner for Elizabeth II, he gave in his toast a key to a top Macmillan agenda item: "We have the power. The only thing to do is to put it together. Our scientists must work together. NATO should not be thought of merely as a military alliance. NATO is a way of grouping ability...
...emblazoned with the President's seal. After dinner (chilled pineapple, cream of almond soup, broiled fillet of English sole, roast Long Island duckling, frozen Nesselrode cream with brandied sauce) the President of the U.S., wearing the ribbon and medal of Britain's Order of Merit, rose to toast the Queen. "There have been a few times in my life," said Dwight Eisenhower, "when I have wished that the gift of eloquence might have been conferred upon me. This evening is one of those times . . . Each of us would like to say what we know is in America...
...years ago. But they were not deterred. Their example can help us to build another New World of which our children and descendants will speak proudly 350 years from now. Eighteen years ago, my father at the White House, on just such an occasion as this, proposed the toast which I am going to propose tonight. I pray that the ancient ties of friendship between the people of the U.S. and of my peoples may long endure, and I wish you, Mr. President, every possible health and happiness...
There was a knock on the door, and in came the tea and cinnamon toast, on wheels. "Apparently I was never very attractive to Hasty Pudding, and this hurt me. And when I had a national number song hit in my senior year--that was Coquette-- they wouldn't touch...
...contralto voice said, "The Dagmar show is out, and Ed Sullivan doesn't look good." Green hung up and took a slice of cinnamon toast. "Did you know," he said, "that Nathan Pusey was a classmate of mine...