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...wolves again, Mr. President," he said amiably. He went on to say that he and President Johnson had "talked about all aspects of the situation-everything you can think of." He concluded by saying that his paramount duty on returning this week to Saigon would be to confer with South Vietnamese officials about subjects ranging "across the board...
...Edgar Hoover has grandly announced that the Royal Nobel Committee is about to confer its Peace Prize on the "world's most notorious liar." Fortunately no one listens to Mr. Hoover any more. He is old, almost 70, and his intemperate language now sounds more pathetic than frightening. It is sobering, however, to remember how often people have listened, how often this man has been anything but pathetic. Out of either fear or trust, ten administrations have felt obliged to retain...
...least my secretary, know the night before which one it will be." One office is at Commission headquarters in Germantown, where the 2000 members of the Washington staff carry out the daily business of the AEC; at the other, in the center of town, she and the other Commissioners confer with members of Congress and coordinate the AEC's activities with those of the rest of the government...
...Executive Committee declared yesterday that while "aware of the need for permanent facilities for Dudley House, the Council is committed to the goal of a student center, which would best be located in Lehman." William J. Billick III '65, a Council representative from Leverett House, has been delegated to confer with the University on its plans for the building...
warships in the Indian Ocean. But in the face of the Chinese outrage, Colombo is eloquently silent." Few Indians, however, seem to realize that a nuclear stockpile would not in itself confer parity with China...