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Washington D.C., Friday, September 30, 1983. More than 300 people crowded into the Department Hall for a black the dinner, part of a symposium sponsored by Harvard and the American Broadcasting Co, on how to increase voter registration. Even the television cameramen wore luzedos and white gloves for the gala, which drew many of the Capital's media and political chieftains. Before the dinner, waiters mingled among the crowd, offering peeled grapes coated with a nut cheese spread and small slices of quiche, During the meal, two men waited on each table to serve the five courses, and their accompanying...
...Laurel and Hardy in space," but now he studiously refrains from speculating on the movie's impact. "It's out of my control," he says with a shrug. Glenn nonetheless appreciates the value of his image, film or no film. He is absenting himself from the gala opening of The Right Stuff in Washington on Oct. 16, evidently recognizing that it would be unseemly to exploit the movie so blatantly. After all, it would just not do for a onetime astronaut, a guy who is decreed by Hollywood to have you-know-what, to display a touch...
...earplugs in my bag. Do you think I'm going to need them?" asked Diana, Princess of Wales, 22, as she and Prince Charles arrived at London's Royal Albert Hall for a gala charity rock concert featuring, among others, Drummer Charlie Watts of the ever scruffy Rolling Stones, along with Singer Steve Winwood and Guitarist Eric Clapton. Not to listen to Satisfaction, perhaps, but the svelte, silver-clad Di might have wanted to use the stoppers elsewhere. For weeks, curious Britons have been chattering about whether the Princess is pregnant again. London's tabloid Daily Mirror...
...called Derek in July and suggested that we might do this together," Duffey said, explaining how the first such gala in recent Harvard memory took shape. He proposed it to symbolize the cooperation between public and private universities. "Of course we are both interested in the legislature," he added...
...attacks from anti-Vietnam protestors and a bombing, it has expanded and gone about its business, which to date has included producing about 250 books and publications, a series of presidential administrators, and untold amounts of research on international topics. This week, it will celebrate that anniversary with a gala whose guests will include former National Security Advisor Zbiginiew Brzezinski...