Word: briefness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...York establishment with acute illusions of classical grandeur. Atop the menu, in flawless (if somewhat perfunctory) Latin, were the words of the poet Catullus: "You will dine well at my table." Whereas the rest of the menu appears hopelessly verbose, its author was here perhaps all too brief, for, loosely translated, Catullus actually wrote: "You will dine well at my table if you are lucky-provided that you bring your own dinner, a beautiful girl, wine, wit and laughter...
That was too much for Daley and his men in blue. Insisted the mayor: "If you were to ask me if I support the Chicago police department and the National Guard in their actions, the answer would be an unequivocable [sic] yes." Police Superintendent James Conlisk ventured a brief statement, saying that "to speak of 'a police riot is to distort the history of those days in August. The world knows who the rioters were." Commander Ronald Nash, who headed a force of 135 police during the convention week's most violent confrontation outside the Conrad Hilton Hotel...
...over their case? The State Supreme Court appointed Judge William John Beer of the neighboring Sixth Circuit. To represent them, the judges hired a Detroit law firm. This vas one case, however, in which the attorneys clearly benefited from the advice of their clients. The plaintiffs' 50-page brief was dazzling in its logic and citations from past decisions...
Last week, in Boston's Jordan Hall, Robin and Mike wound up a brief series of East Coast appearances designed to introduce them to their growing audience in the U.S. Festooned with colorful rugs and cluttered with instruments, the stages on which they appeared had the aura of gypsy encampments. That aura was heightened by an occasional waft of incense and by the presence of two girls known as Licorice and Rose (real names: Caroline McKechnie and Rose Simpson), who live, travel and perform with the band. Resplendent in beads, braid, silks and velvet, Robin and Mike wandered about...
...August, they sent the Republican nominee their first general brief. Another paper on the recruiting of middle level federal officials was in Nixon's hands before Election Day, and the President-elect received the remainder of the studies shortly afterward...