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...dinner that had Francophiles kissing their finger tips in joy. It was, in short, les works: a delicate jole gras from Landes, a filet de boeuf Charolais sous la cendre garni renaissance, accompanied by a profound Chateau Gruaud-Larose en magnum 1952; an unassuming little hearts-of-lettuce salad with mimosa dressing. And for a windup, poires Mona Lisa-poached pears, swaddled in hot chocolate sauce, bundled into a pastry shell-trailed by a superb Dom Perignon 1955. The Ambassador toasted President Kennedy. President Kennedy toasted President De Gaulle. John Walker toasted the Mona Lisa...
...maintain a virtual desert in its midst, but just then Mr. Whiteside called our attention to several trays coming along on one of the moving belts. "Just watch that fresh lettuce," he beamed, "curls up like a caterpillar after four seconds in here." We watched entranced as other salad ingredients made the quick trip from one wall to the other...
...Mass., fire inspector, Harvard-man ('33) George Frazier has spent most of his life as a freelance writer and a fulltime embellisher of his self-anointed role as an eccentric. When the mood hits him, he drives 464 miles to Buffalo, where the Charter House Motel serves a salad dressing to his taste. He wears $265 suits, brings his own hot dogs to baseball games, and snoots the common man. "Can it seriously be argued," he asked, after observing the deportment of a hockey crowd, "that these ignorant, ill-clad, ill-spoken hooligans-common men all-are the equals...
...touch him-"because a touch can kill." Lisa (Janet Margolin) is a 15-year-old girl with soft brown eyes and schizophrenia. She is split into two well-defined personalities. As Lisa she is a silly four-year-old who talks all the time but only in a "word salad" seasoned with rhyme ("A big fat sow-and how and how"); as Muriel she is a demure adolescent who communicates in writing because she can't talk...
...thinks are being overlooked. When he feels a speaker is talking too long or to no point, De Gaulle drums his fingers irritably on the table. When he has heard enough, he declares crisply, "Eh bien, messieurs, nous avons terminé." Barracks Vocabulary. Lunch (appetizer, meat or fish, salad, dessert, two wines) starts at 1 o'clock and is usually a working meal, attended by Elysée aides and outside guests...