Word: capitols
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...minds of many: "Mr. President, whatever happened to that air-conditioned press room that you were thinking about?" Replied Ike: "When I came in, I was shocked. I thought we had some kind of chilling arrangements in here." As the President walked out, some reporters volunteered to lobby on Capitol Hill for a planned addition to the White House executive offices-including an air-conditioned conference room. "Good," said...
...Secret. Unlike Johnson, Clements makes a fetish of secrecy. Example: as usual, he recently kept his staff members uninformed about where he would be on a weekend trip out of Washington (Capitol Hill staffers deem it important to know where their bosses can be reached by telephone). But, just before climbing aboard his train, Clements thumbed an aide to his side, looked warily around to make certain there were no eavesdroppers in the vicinity, cupped his hamlike hand to his mouth and whispered conspiratorially: "Keep this to yourself, but in case of a real emergency...
Early in the week, Lyndon Johnson seemed in top shape. "The end is in sight," he told newsmen shortly after he came from a lunch with members of his policy committee. He had also gone the rounds on Capitol Hill, checking with other key Senators and with the House leaders. All were agreed: the Congress could finish its work in plenty of time for a July 30 adjournment...
Mussorgsky: Sunless Cycle (Maria Kurenko; soprano, Vsevolod Pastukhoff, piano; Capitol). Unlike Mozart, Mussorgsky poured out his unhappiness in music. These songs reflect some of the composer's passionate frustration at the savage critical reaction to Boris Godunov. Soprano Kurenko sings them with sympathy and insight...
...White House "chief of staff," former New Hampshire Governor Sherman Adams (who turned out in Bermuda-length shorts to play golf with Ike at Whitefield's Mountain View course). At Concord he explained to a crowd of 20,000 gathered around the old (1819) granite State Capitol that Adams was always lecturing the presidential staff on the glories of New Hampshire. After assuring the voters of New Hampshire that he believed every word of Adams' tales, the President said: "People often ask me what my ideas are on how long I would like a residence at 1600 Pennsylvania...