Word: cobo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...whole day had been set aside for debate on the issue, and an overflow crowd of spectators jammed the side aisles of the room in Cobo Hall to be present when the Episcopal fireworks went off. Virginia's Bishop Robert F. Gibson Jr. moved the acceptance of the invitation issued by the United Presbyterian General Assembly, to begin talks looking to eventual union of the Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Methodists and United Church of Christ.* He reminded his 190 fellow bishops that they were not passing on the merits of the Blake proposal as such, but on "an official invitation from...
...major address, before a galaxy of industry brass assembled at Cobo Hall for the 43rd National Automobile Show, was a philosophic essay on the nature of U.S. capitalism. His major points: wealthy U.S. allies must do more to help underdeveloped nations, particularly through the United Nations; underdeveloped countries should not forget that the outstanding fact of U.S. capitalism is not its material prowess but its unique sense of social responsibility...