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...thought how grand a target they made. They looked so peaceful and contented. . . ." The Martin Johnsons were waiting at Kisumu (on Lake Victoria) with a big Sikorsky, flew them to the Nairobi ranch, amazed them with a dinner that any U.S. hostess might have been proud of- cocktails and caviar, soup, fish, roast turkey (the best I ever tasted), tiny new fresh peas, potatoes, salad, ice cream with strawberries and coffee." The spell of Africa for Frederick Trubee Davison is of far longer standing than his short tenure of the museums presidency. It goes back 20 of his 37 years...
...take effect until April 26. It was for three months only. By unofficial count 80% of Soviet imports would be affected. Experts scanning the list announced that only 50% of last year's Russian imports would be affected. Parliament could not face the idea of banning caviar or sables from Britain-even for three months. Omitted too were the important imports of matches, fish, eggs. And the Government, by means of "observers" and "unofficial spokesmen," scattered hints broadcast that the embargo, although cocked & aimed, would not be fired if the sentences of Engineers MacDonald and Thornton were commuted...
...should occasionally think bourgeois thoughts. With his wife and two children and one "house worker" he occupies a four-room apartment over a garage behind the former palace of a Moscow tycoon. Official dinners are held in state rooms at the Foreign Office where Host Litvinov dispenses champagne and caviar on solid silver plates-belonging to the government...
...this questioning room and everywhere else in the building the last word in efficiency was manifest. My questioners certainly knew what they were doing. That is. among other things they knew engineering. . . . At intervals food was brought in, and in abundance. Among other things there was caviar...
...impossible to associate such cheap tactics with one whose conduct heretofore was strictly noblesse oblige. A characteristic prodigality has always been the Prince's distinguishing trait. A good illustration of this was the time when, having only fifteen dollars between him and the park bench, he dined on caviar. Strassbourgh goose liver, and champagne to the tune of twelve dollars, left a three dollar tip, and then stalked royally out without a cent in his pocket...