Word: call
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Your book reviewer seems puzzled both as to where T. S. Eliot found the original title of The Waste Land [Nov. 22] and what that title He Do the Police in Different Voices means. I cannot speak with authority as to why Eliot chose to call his poem by that name, but there is no doubt that it comes from a book called Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens...
...foreseeable future. Though he could only welcome Saigon's agreement last week to attend the Paris talks, hardly anyone in Washington believes that any substantive moves toward peace will be made before the next President takes office. At best, the negotiators in Paris may have settled what they call the "modalities": such inconsequential but emotion-charged issues as seating arrangements, speaking order, briefing rules, and myriad other details...
...Call to Arms. Absence of such a statute has given rise to a sense of helplessness among officials of the federal Bureau of Mines, the agency directly responsible for mining safety at the federal level. Under present law, the BOM inspectors are supposed to make periodic, unannounced checks of the mines to ensure that safety procedures are being followed. But they lack authority to impose any punitive measures on mine operators who continually violate the law. And despite BOM denial, many miners claim that the mine operators are informed of inspections ahead of time...
Whether or not Congressman Hechler's call to arms will result in reforms remains to be seen. There are indications, however, that action may finally be forthcoming. Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall has called an open conference for next week to discuss the situation. And even the lethargic mine workers' union shows signs of consciousness. Said U.M.W. Safety Director Lewis Evans, "Something real must come out of this situation, and something real must be done for our people." The U.M.W., he vows, will push for safety-reform legislation when Congress convenes in January...
While police were pushing the crowd against the hotel front, another body of police in a side street, alerted by a radio call of "policeman in trouble," charged into the flank of the already jam-packed crowd, ultimately forcing a score of people through a plate-glass window...