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...book was given a gala launching by the Council on Foreign Relations, and despite the criticism it received from experts, it was an instant public hit. On bestseller lists for 14 weeks, it made Kissinger an internationally known figure, won him a Pentagon consultantship, and attracted the attention of several influential policymakers and officials-such as Vice President Richard M. Nixon-who later played a role in enhancing his power and prestige...
...Overseers' day concluded with a-gala testimonial dinner for President Pusey in the red-carpeted confines of the Boston Harvard Club last night...
Before departing for San Diego, Los Angeles, Houston and Cape Kennedy, where they were to watch the Apollo 14 launching, the royal couple attended Washington's most glittering social affair of the season, a gala dinner dance at the Spanish embassy...
...NOVEMBER Action Committee celebrates its second anniversary with a gala charity ball at the Ritz-Carlton to benefit the wives and families of prisoners-of-war in North Dakota. The theme of the fete is "Tell It to Bismarck." To charges that NAC has copped out, leader Michael Ansara answers helplessly, "This is the only way we could keep our tax deduction and our Ford Foundation grant. Below, ANSARA receives check for $50,000 from McGEORGE BUNDY (smiling), president of the Ford Foundation (assers: $21/2 billion), as NATHAN PUSEY (pouting), president of the Mellon Foundation (assets: $600 million), looks...
Republican entertaining, however, is not always polished to a high gloss of sophistication. For example, Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel and his Alaska-born wife Ermalee gave a dinner for some of the stars who performed last week in the invitation-only gala at Ford's Theater. The piece de resistance was a rack of lamb, cooked by Wally Hickel himself on his indoor gas grill. When the grill developed a small but intractable fire, a discreet call was made to the fire department, asking for the help of just one fireman, who was to be smuggled quietly into...