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Since Mom didn't show, I got a big treat at the end--a ride back to Cambridge on the MTA. Following the thrill of the Marathon it seemed that it was only right to take the subway; after all, if you're willing to dine with someone you ought to be willing to wash the dishes. It was my feet that hurt most, but of course while I'd spent three hours roughing up my feet, thousands of miles away whole legs were being blown off people's bodies...
...Bassa, Radio South Africa was shocked to admit that his helicopter could not land because "terrorist" activity had created a security problem. The following day he was supposed to have lunch at so-forth-and-so-on Officers Club, and they had to admit that he was forced to dine on a boat because the "terrorists" had created a security problem on the land and they couldn't guarantee his safety...
...best an unenviable privilege. But Mrs. Burbidge continued observing well into her sixth month of pregnancy; her only child, Sarah, 15, perhaps prenatally influenced, insists that she will never follow her mother's example. Margaret Burbidge has forsworn traditional domesticity. Except on rare occasions, the Burbidges dine out. Asks jovial Geoffrey Burbidge: "What's wrong with restaurant food...
...preparation for the trip (see THE WORLD), the President has read voluminously about China. One book that he publicly praised was Anti-Memoirs, by France's brilliant literary hero Andre Malraux. The President invited Malraux to dine at the White House this week, presumably to draw upon his vast experience of China...
...serious temptation is food-the gooier the better. A slight bulge beneath his satin cummerbund testifies to his indulgence. If he accepts many invitations, he also returns them. Though he loves to make stellar appearances at Washington's celebrity-packed Sans Souci restaurant, he often takes friends to dine at a modest Chinese restaurant, where his patronage is proudly noted on the menu. When he goes to Paris, he likes to bring back silk scarves to give to friends. The less visible Kissinger takes delight in his two children (he was divorced from his wife...