Word: briefing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Telephone switchboards seemed always to have all lines busy except late at night, when they were taken over by operators who said "Huh?" or "0. K." Most of the delegates missed seeing the brief Mummers' Parade-a Philadelphia spectacle usually put on on New Year's Day, revived especially for the Convention-because it marched while Herbert Hoover spoke...
Congress last week gave up all idea of going home for the summer. Instead, it decided to take brief recesses during the weeks when the political conventions met in Philadelphia and Chicago...
...They were: General Charles Huntziger, wearing a khaki field uniform; Air General Jean Marie Joseph Bergeret and Admiral Maurice Athanase Le Luc, both in dark blue; onetime Ambassador to Poland Leon Noel, an old pro-totalitarian, neatly dressed in mufti. The French delegates gave the swastika-draped memorial a brief glance, then marched quickly down the avenue, escorted by three German officers. As they passed, the German guard snapped to attention...
Next day, in a brief speech, Carl Sandburg said sadly: "We could well pray that in some quarters of the country there would be less vehemence, less vanity of affairs, less discussion regarding what should immediately be done, and something more of the element of prayer and humility that was Lincoln's in the 'house divided' speech. If we could first know where we are and whither we are tending, we could better judge what...
...both oil (60%) and utility (40%) properties, is now run by a smooth, smart powerhouse named W. Alton Jones, for many years Doherty's right-hand man. Served with SEC's integration order in March, its sub-holding company, Cities Service Power & Light, answered with a brief, claiming Section 11 unconstitutional, but came to SEC's hearings nevertheless. Last week, Cities Service men heard an SEC lawyer named Frank Field sound off on what integration means to him. His view: concentrating either on its Colorado or its Ohio properties as a nucleus, Cities Service ought to sell...