Word: call
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...resignation himself. To Meade Alcorn, longtime Adams friend and a fellow Dartmouth graduate, went the unenviable assignment of telling Adams. "You've got to handle it," said Ike. "It's your job, the dirtiest I can give you." Alcorn was delayed only by a frantic last-minute call from Maine's Republican Senator Frederick Payne, who insisted that, because both he and Adams had accepted Goldfine gifts, to impute dishonesty by firing Adams would surely beat him in his race for re-election against Democrat Edmund Muskie...
...Plans call for elimination of the 21 safety islands on Massachusetts Avenue, considered contributing factors in many recent accidents, and for a modern system of traffic lights. The present signal system is 30 years...
Action on the $349,667 project was put off last week by a 5-4 vote after five councilors had given roll call approval to the plan. Councilor Watson, however, changed his vote from approval to postponement when Councilor Wise persisted in her objections to the proposal...
...Negotiations are now in progress for theatre sites in Cambridge," Aaron stated. Current plans call for a 400-seat, air-cooled structure. He added that, while the final stage arrangement will depend on the site selected, the directors hope to achieve the most flexible theatre possible. "We hope to be able to use the stage with and without a proscenium," he said...
...Henley becomes the center of the rowing world. Although few oars-men would like the simile, the Henley Royal Regatta can be compared to the World Series. Eights, doubles, and sculls from all over the globe--America, the British Isles, the Empire (or as the up-to-date British call it, the Commonwealth), and even from behind the Iron Curtain--head for the Thames to complete for the ten different cups. Admission to this unique event is by invitation only--and royal invitation since Her Majesty the Queen is the patron of the regatta...