Word: toasting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...foreign policy issues to which Carter has contributed most are those with a distinct moral tone, and his nearly evangelical championing of human rights has become his hallmark. Seldom does he hold a press conference, offer a banquet toast or make a speech without mentioning it. At times Carter has been more direct, as when he delayed the sale of small arms and police weapons to the authoritarian governments of Argentina, El Salvador and Uruguay because they violate the human rights of their own dissident citizens. Aware of the controversy the issue has stirred abroad, Carter said to TIME Diplomatic...
...lobbying for tighter controls over nuclear proliferation. Pérez applauded Carter's stand on human rights, saying, "Many years have passed since small and weak nations heard a voice rise from a great nation to tell the world that human values are paramount." In the 43-min. toast that Pérez delivered at the state dinner, he struck one of his favorite themes: improving the dialogue between the developed and the developing countries. Later, Pérez had a post-midnight talk with Carter. "They like each other." explained Pérez's interpreter...
Humorist H. Allen Smith, a longtime friend and fellow jackanapes who died last year, records these contradictions with bemusement and affection. He attempts to separate Fowler facts from Fowler fiction, but it does not really matter. As was Fowler himself, this parting toast is full of warm summertime laughter...
...MOTHER. She sat, looking youthful and fresh, at the head of the long breakfast table spread with racks of toast, poached eggs, steaming coffee, British marmalade (a rare luxury) and linen napkins. The sun poured through the tall windows onto the polished wood and the overstuffed armchairs. She was flanked by her teen-age sons. Otherwise, she is alone these days. Her husband-who. like her, emigrated to Rhodesia from Britain 20 years ago-has gone abroad to drum up business as a tobacco growers' consultant...
...Burnt Toast...