Word: confabbing
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...confab was interrupted by an incessant stream of phone calls from down-at-the heels disco acts. "Hello, Mr. Murdoch, this is Gladys Knight." The voice was unmistakable. She was muttering something about her new solo effort--"Midnight Train to Canberra," I think she said--and how the Pips were a thing of the past. Rupe told her to forget music for the moment: "Honey, I've got bigger things planned for you...Ever hear of New West...
Over 1,000 volunteer and professional Scout leaders attended the 2-day meeting which featured business and organizational sessions, training seminars and conferences, as well as several events to motivate and recognize the work of the region's adult volunteers. Directing the confab was R. Heath Larry, vice-chairman of the board, United States Steel Corporation. is a slate in name only, with its members holding different positions on major issues, it is expected to help the conservative voter identify his kind of politicians...
...Democratic gubernatorial nomination in New York's primary, Samuels received a blow: his son Howie, 17, was arrested in Greenwich Village for possessing hashish. Instead of cringing in embarrassment, Samuels called a family confab, took his children's advice and came out for liberalized marijuana laws. (Last week the charges against Howie were dropped.) Something similar befell Oregon's Republican Governor Tom McCall, whose son Sam, now 20, has battled heroin addiction since the age of 15. McCall still takes a dim view of all drugs. But now he feels "charitable" toward draft resisters and recently blasted Oregonians for refusing...
Purpose of the confab, Wagner said, was to settle the party dispute over the majority leadership of the state legislature, taken over by the Democrats in last year's election. In that fight, one slate is backed by Wagner, who was represented at the meeting by Jones, Weinstein and O'Rourke; the other is supported by an anti-Wagner coalition including McKeon, English, Palmer and Crotty, and attaching itself to the political star of Freshman U.S. Senator Bobby Kennedy...
...Hill. Only a month in office Johnson has already indicated that flexibility and naturalness will guide his engagements with the press. That was how it was when Johnson was still on the Hill: a sudden summons, an easy confab over coffee, or perhaps a whisky highball. Last week's impromptu get-together was the second such for White House newsmen. The President has also paid his social respects to most of the syndicated political columnists. Last week, officials of the three television networks were his lunch guests...