The rooms had been refurbished several years earlier, when important guests from India had come for a long stay, and so Husna would live in better quarters than ever before in her life, with uninterrupted supplies of good food, servants who more or less did her bidding, and the occasional use of a car.
Important guests from America were expected to attend the event.
To show their respect, many in the Native Hawaiian community have started preparing their homes for an "important guest".
Just days before Chinese President Jiang Zemin is to visit this debt-ridden country, officials said they are struggling to ensure that the capital's main street is lighted for the important guest.
At a party at the president's house to welcome the year's new hires, for example, one important guest approached Liskov's husband with his hand out, saying, "Welcome to MIT". Students sometimes mistook her for a secretary, and she says she went through "a certain amount of testing" in classes.
Jimmy, the most important guest, is late.
Kurniawan is an important guest at Patina.
An escalator, switched on only for important guests, heads up above the car deck to restaurants and bars with bright lights and almost no people.
Sandra Day O'Connor retired from the Supreme Court in 2006, but she still turns up for the occasional argument, sitting off to the side in one of the seats reserved for important guests.
Because of Commander Waddle's reputation as an effective, articulate captain, Admiral Konetzni often turned to the Greeneville, especially for important guests, and Commander Waddle shared the admiral's enthusiasm, officials said.
