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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...departments. Faced with criticism from an other group-the Governors of the nation's states and territories, who have complained about the confusing proliferation of domestic programs-he had 49 of them over to the White House for a day of discussions and socializing. After a black-tie dinner with them, the President, still in his dinner jacket, choppered over to Dulles International Airport to set out on his long westward journey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Fighting the Other War | 3/24/1967 | See Source »

...hearing, the Senator conceded a surprising number of potentially injurious facts. In a 162-page stipulation to the committee, he described four different "testimonials" held in his honor between 1961 and 1965-one of them a marathon "Dodd Day" that included a high-priced breakfast, lunch, cocktail party and dinner. The testimonials netted over $170,000, and Dodd admitted that $28,500 of the money went to pay off federal tax debts, tens of thousands more to repay personal loans, nearly $9,500 for improvements on his house in North Stonington, Conn. Smaller sums from the testimonial funds paid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: An Oft-Blurred Line | 3/24/1967 | See Source »

...dinner-time approaches, Blitman is in good shape. He has spent only $2.32. There is a lot of time and a lot of food yet to come...

Author: By John D. Reed, | Title: Harvard on $5 a Day | 3/24/1967 | See Source »

...dinner, Tommy's Lunch. Tommy's attracts the really alienated Adams House types and hangers-on, not because of its food which, at best, is ordinary, but because of its extras--the jukebox, the pinball machine, and big Tommy himself. Regulars claim that the Seeburg Stereo Jukebox is without doubt "the best box in the Square." At full volume, it provides total sound. Even the roast beef moves. Right next to the box is a great pinball machine, next to the box is a great pinball machine, Midway's Two Man Rodeo. You can always get a game at Tommy...

Author: By John D. Reed, | Title: Harvard on $5 a Day | 3/24/1967 | See Source »

...congenial jokester who knows all his steady clients, Tommy is always willing to do a favor for those he likes. The store will cash small checks for destitute and hungry students. And, several years ago, Tommy spread two checkered table cloths, lighted candles, and personally served a blacktie dinner for some Poonies...

Author: By John D. Reed, | Title: Harvard on $5 a Day | 3/24/1967 | See Source »

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