The idea of the black vote persists among pundits, journalists, pollsters, and politically engaged dinner-party attendees to describe the electoral preferences of millions of voters.
An astute deal-maker at the Warburg investment bank, an engaging dinner companion and comfortably rich, he also possesses an essential piece of banking equipment: a safe pair of hands.
Ms. Smith, who has known her through both marriages, said Mrs. Bass suddenly stopped engaging in dinner table gossip, and, "as far as I know, she hasn't made a misstep since.
Whatever you did in your lifetime, you did with the greatest of passion, skill and humor, whether it be involved in business transactions, art, sailing, mountain climbing, hiking or just engaging in dinner conversation with Mary and friends.
By Wolcott Gibbs The New Yorker, February 16 , 1935P. 20 Mr. Winter invites an engaged couple to dinner and for an evening of gay conversation.
The New Yorker, February 16 , 1935P. 20 Mr. Winter invites an engaged couple to dinner and for an evening of gay conversation.
Maybe that's a good thing to keep in mind next time you find yourself hyperventilating in the presence of someone who won't be engaged at a dinner table.
Not bad if you're looking for a date (I wasn't) and not bad if you don't mind spending dinner engaged in stereotypically male topics.
A feminist Slinky toy and a "neo-post-Marxist" bottle of bleach, among others, engage in dinner-party discussions about Duchamp, Woody Allen and other cultural touchstones.
After dinner Stuie engaged in an unsuccessful talk with his father.
To keep people engaged at Wednesday's dinner, she poured wine (a California chardonnay and a Spanish Grenache) liberally, and discouraged photographing food.
