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COMMENTS: Mother Country
A second billionaire visited the White House. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was invited to a state dinner of spring pea soup, sole almandine and saddle of spring lamb. All three networks noted President George Bush's slip. When he suggested that the queen found 1776 a cause for celebration--as opposed to its anniversary 200 years later-- NBC's Kelly O'Donnell was delighted: "The unexpected and not-so-perfect made this day grand." CBS' Mark Phillips noticed the royal "stern look" while ABC's Charles Gibson observed his response: "A president can still wink at a queen." Bush himself seemed to confuse Elizabeth with Barbara: "She gave me a look that only a mother could give a child."
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