Catchword: toothpick rule

Filed Under: English, Food & Drink, Politics, New or Nonce

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: Even so, awareness of the new law is so high that Parven Pomper Vice President Alixandria Lapp, for one, made sure to run its reception menu by a lawyer before taking it to the caterers. Under what is known as the “toothpick rule,” a reception can offer only food and refreshment of a nominal value. “We are just following the guidelines of the ethics committee, and we are completely staying within what they have deemed appropriate,” Lapp said.

Article or Document Title:
“New ethics rules won’t spoil Democratic convention parties” (URL)

Author:
Cynthia Dizikes

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Los Angeles Times

Dateline:
Washington, D.C.

Date of Publication:
Aug. 25, 2008

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