Word: closer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kaltman, a blonde, fiftyish divorcée of formidably efficient mien and determined stride, whacked cuisine costs by making René use frozen foods (a "very lousy" thing in the White House, he complained). That was the beginning of the end. The end came ever closer when she also insisted on pointing out her favorite recipes in a well-thumbed copy of the Gourmet Cookbook. "I have a master pastry chef who has been doing these things for 40 years," muttered the disconsolate chef. "You just don't open the cookbook to page 40 and stick it under...
...many experts, a clear corollary of the great Northeastern blackout in November was that the Federal Power Commission should exercise closer control over the utility companies. Last week, before a special House subcommittee holding the first congressional hearings on the near disaster, FPC Chairman Joseph Swidler added his voice to those who advocate strengthening the agency...
...miles above the earth, Air Force Major Thomas Stafford reported that he and his fellow astronauts had just made the first manned rendezvous in space. Moving with exquisite precision across the night sky, the spacecraft Gemini 6 tracked down its partner, Gemini 7. As the two ships edged closer to fly in formation, then circle each other in a stately orbital ballet, Stafford and Command Pilot Wally Schirra joined Gemini 7's Lieut. Colonel Frank Borman and Commander James Lovell at the farthest reach of the fast-expanding age of space...
Most National League officials still insist that the A.F.L. cannot come close to the N.F.L. on the playing field. "My impression," says Giant Coach Allie Sherman, "is that the caliber of ball in the American League is closer to that of the Big Ten than the N.F.L." Remarks like that provoke wrath in such A.F.L. coaches as San Diego's Sid Gillman and New York's Weeb Ewbank-both of whom coached title-winning teams in the N.F.L. before switching. "The two leagues are absolutely equal now," says Gillman. "Our top teams are every bit as good...
...Closer to home, the undefeated Harvard freshman team will receive its first challenge at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Watson Rink from the Boston College freshmen. The Eaglets' 5-0 record is identical to Harvard's, but it was completed against tougher foes, including Princeton, B.U., R.P.I., and Merrimack...