Word: luncheon
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...ability to overcome adversity. Last winter, the award-winning writer entered a hospital for a kidney transplant only days - after knocking out a cover on Pentagon cutbacks. Within three months, Church was back in action, dazzling everyone with his wordplay -- and his horseplay. Once, while attending a luncheon, a straight-suited IBM economist whispered in George's ear, "Gee, it must be great to have a job where you can dress like that." At the time, George was sporting a red jacket, red tie, yellow shirt and gray-and-red-checked slacks. "Believe it or not," says Church, "I thought...
Williams couldn't buy the election against Richards, though. Williams self-destructed, offending voters' sensibilities with his undecorous behavior and evident stupidity. He refused to shake Richards' hand at a Dallas luncheon and showed complete ignorance over a proposed constitutional amendment on the Texas ballot. Although most Texas voters weren't crazy about Richards (she constantly fought unusually high negative ratings), Williams' money could not erase the bad impressions he left with many voters...
...GARISH REPUBLICAN FUNDRAISER luncheon a couple of weeks after the primaries, U.S. Senate hopeful Jim Rappaport was hard at work...
...entries, and a 13-member panel of art directors and copywriters picked the best 10. The winners were chosen from eight regions, corresponding to TIME's branch advertising-sales offices, plus two "at large" selections. The ads were displayed at the Plaza Hotel on Oct. 10 during an awards luncheon, with TIME and the Advertising Club of New York as hosts. Here is our gallery of the finest, each of which will appear in TIME's pages in the coming months...
...President's absence resulted in a slew of no-shows at the luncheon, but GOP functionaries were still sanguine about the day's events. "You never judge by the number of people," saidPeter Berlandi of the party finance committee."You judge by the amount of money...