Word: broadcasts
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...military or civil officials in Djakarta know just how many insurrections the government has on its hands at any given time. One morning last week, an aide burst into his boss's office in one foreign embassy and said: "My God, the government radio has just broadcast a declaration of war, but we can't find out against whom." Several hours later, the embassy was able to learn the facts: Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo's Cabinet had proclaimed a state of siege and war - that is, martial law - in three islands dominated by the secessionist rebels who have...
...deference to a custom of long standing, Canada's Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent will broadcast a message to the Canadian people on New Year's morning. St. Laurent recorded the speech last week just before leaving Ottawa to spend the holidays at his Quebec City home. The actual text was to be kept secret until the broadcast, but one of the aides who helped prepare it disclosed what the tone of the message would be. "It will be calm and confident," he said, "with what Hollywood calls an upbeat ending...
This week, after a few spoonfuls of gruel and a long nap, the Pope broadcast a message "live" over Vatican Radio and the Basilica's loudspeakers. Into the microphone held before his lips he spoke with effort: "To our dear children of beloved Rome, to whom we feel as close in prayer as we are close to the Divine Master in our suffering . . . we impart, with our hearts turned to the Lord and the Immaculate Virgin, our paternal Apostolic benediction...
...television showing of Natural Sciences 115 will broadcast from the West Coast this coming...
Nixon's friends gave a different version of what happened. After the broadcast, they said, Nixon told the audience that in 200 public appearances no one before Heavey had been rude enough to heckle while Nixon was on the air. The Secret Service men, charged by law with protecting the Vice President, had not stepped in until Heckler Heavey had picked up a used flashbulb and made a threatening gesture with it. At that point, Nixon's witnesses say, a posse of Secret Service men escorted Heavey outside, where he tripped on some television wires and fell...