Word: councill
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bureau, Department of Commerce, Council of Economic Advisers) considered unsound. But insofar as the decision was based on keeping his veto record intact, it was an irrelevancy-like a baseball player, worried more about his average than anything else, bunting to keep up a hitting streak...
...more than a year the A.F.L.-C.I.O. had been promising to support fair-minded legislation that would help organized labor clean its own rat-infested house. But last week the A.F.L.-C.I.O. Executive Council, meeting in Washington, sat in judgment on the relatively mild Kennedy-Ervin labor bill, passed 90 to 1 (Arizona Republican Barry Goldwater) in the Senate and awaiting House consideration. Labor's leaders turned thumbs down...
What the Executive Council most objected to was the so-called "bill of rights," sponsored by Arkansas Democratic Senator John McClellan and added to the Kennedy bill midway through Senate debate on the measure as a floor amendment. In a private analysis circulated to the council members, A.F.L.-C.I.O. lawyers pointed out that "arguing against these rights [free speech, the right of rank-and-file union members to bring court action against their leaders, etc.] is like arguing in favor of sin." But the bill of rights was in fact "an invitation to litigation, a fertile source of conflict between...
...opportunity to impress on the world's consciousness the sweep and fairness of their package plan for German reunification and European security (TIME, May 25). But by midweek a fair share of the 120-odd diplomats and diplomatic gun bearers seated around the table in the council chamber were visibly drowsing through all speeches...
...exceptionally quiet spring. No one ached to burn crosses in front of Memorial Church, no one wanted to throw eggs at visiting speakers. In fact, the most opportune moment to throw things--a sympathy snowball riot for Yale--was passed up with a collective condescending smile. The Student Council was well-behaved and even productive, while the Lampoon--minus Fool's Week--turned its energies to physical endeavor with the CRIMSON. No one even tried to steal the Ibis...