Word: toasting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Antony Acland, England's ambassadorto the U.S., were scheduled to toast the Prince ofWales, who was expected to respond in kind
After the convocation today, Bok will escortthe prince into a lunch in his honor in WidenerLibrary which alumni and faculty will attend. Atthe conclusion of the meal, the two will exchangegifts and toast one another's institution...
...robust News published weekday editions averaging 102 pages last week. Meanwhile 400 news and business staffers hoisted glasses of Chardonnay earlier this month to toast the opening of a new $28 million headquarters. The News's circulation now stands at 53,000, making it the state's largest paper. The Times, forced to remove its masthead boast eight months ago, has slipped to 40,000 and has hired its seventh managing editor in seven years. Observes Frank McCulloch, managing editor of the San Francisco Examiner: "If you had asked newspaper analysts seven years ago if it could be done, they...
...pileup with two "decks" of filling that at its purest includes sliced chicken, bacon, tomato and lettuce. Less orthodox but currently more fashionable in New York City is the $22 club sandwich at the American restaurant Arcadia, where chunks of lobster replace chicken--never mind that the abundance of toast, bacon, tomato and lettuce muffles the lobster's delicate flavor...
...orders to the sandwichmen behind the counter. Because pastrami can sound a lot like salami when shouted out in a busy, noisy dining room, it is known as "pistol." A "pistol with a shot" means that coleslaw will be added. If the cus- tomer wants his sandwich on rye toast, the waiter hollers "whiskey down." A pistol "dressed" indicates that Russian dressing is to be used, and anyone discovered eating pastrami that way in a New York delicatessen can expect to earn the sort of insult the late Zero Mostel is said to have hurled when he heard such...