Word: bill
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Minute Call. The following morning, Pompidou telephoned Bernard Tricot, De Gaulle's top administrative aide, at the Elysée. If De Gaulle wanted him to stay, he would be glad to, said Pompidou. His only conditions were that he be given a say in drafting the participation bill and a free hand in running the National Assembly. Beyond that, all he wanted was a little well-earned rest -perhaps a two-week vacation. Tricot rang back after noon with a message from De Gaulle. It was too late; the general had already made up his mind. In fact...
This month Congress acted to inject much-needed relevancy into craft education. Going well beyond the Administration's request of $250 million, the House Education and Labor Committee unanimously approved a $1.2 billion Vocational Education bill to provide for more instructors, modern courses, and more work-study programs for high school shop students...
...Place Is Safe. Bill Alexander, 26, recalls that as a small boy in the Negro section of Stroudsburg, Pa., he was often offered money by white college boys who came through on the prowl for black girls. "It has been taken for granted since slavery that white men can seek out black women any time they want," he says...
...from it. Before the U.S. could settle, Congress had to appropriate the funds. A rider to that effect was at tached to an appropriations bill. Then another rider was attached, allocating funds for the Office of Economic Opportunity; that sank the whole bill. In due course, Adams' hopes were attached to another appropriations bill. But a request for highway funds was also added, and that bill was tabled...
Every Effort. A Congress notably wary of any kind of spending seemed utterly uninterested in the welfare of the retired inventor. Now 69, he has been living in Yuma, Ariz., primarily on social security payments. Then last month, in a surprising paroxysm of activity, Congress passed a bill appropriating his money. After paying his lawyer and splitting with his fellow plaintiffs, Adams and his wife received $517,442.92. Said Bert: "It doesn't mean a thing, really, except that it was right for it to come out this way. What's a man my age going...