21.   Fox finished the day with a formal dinner for international guests including Cuban President Fidel Castro and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

22.   He also advised on the preparation of formal dinners for royalty and catered private affairs.

23.   If you are invited to two formal dinners, you must choose.

24.   In Beijing, his hosts let him off the hook on a formal dinner, which the secretary always tries to avoid.

25.   In their toasts Thursday evening at a formal dinner in the White House, Blair spoke conversationally.

26.   Kennedy used pale blue cloths with yellow overlays on round tables that broke up the stuffy feeling of formal White House dinners.

27.   Latin presidents have faced scandals so lascivious that they make the case involving former White House intern Monica Lewinsky look like Clinton was merely late for a formal dinner.

28.   Like her predecessors, Clinton gave formal dinners and answered questions about her clothing.

29.   Me at a table with the Rothschilds in Maine at a formal dinner, another impression.

30.   Musicians learn how to work their way through formal dinners with record label executives, negotiate an interview and hold a conversation with strangers.