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By EUGENE J. McCARTHY
Rappahannock News Contributing Writer
I note a recent article in the New York Times, the self-declared paper of record, that the President and Mrs. Reagan marked their thirty-third wedding anniversary with a quiet luncheon in the Oval Office.
The Times did not report whether there were any guests present, though did note that the President and Mrs. Reagan exchanged cards. It was not stated whether they spoke to each other, or whether-if there were guests present - the guests spoke. Possibly all exchanges were by means of Hallmark cards.
I have never had lunch in the Oval Office. The acoustics there may be different from those in the other White House rooms. Moreover, a quiet luncheon may be different from a silent one. Had I anticipated that I might be faced with the need to distinguish between quiet and non-quiet luncheons, or between quiet and silent luncheons, between quiet and noisy or even raucous luncheons at the White House, I might have, in the days (few though they were) when I was invited to the White House for lunch, tried to establish some standards for distinguishing among White House luncheons in terms of sound, or noise levels, rather than persons invited or topics discussed.
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