Word: directing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sources he wanted to reach were, of course, top government officials, including Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn (whose garden ultimately was the scene of one interview). More complicated was getting an interview with King Bhumibol, who rarely holds conferences with foreign newsmen and even more rarely gives permission for direct quotation. That interview required not only the King's consent but also formal approval by the Thai Cabinet...
...Direct Assault. "Put away all the childish divisive things," the President commanded an audience of 6,500. "I do not think that those men who are out there fighting for us tonight think we should enjoy the luxury of fighting each other back home." In a direct assault on those of his congressional critics who are up for reelection, he urged voters to "read carefully the statements of every public official and of every candidate for every office. Ask yourselves, 'Is he helping the cause of his country, or is he advancing the cause of himself? Is he trying...
...Hands Off." Similar charges of jiggery-pokery have been leveled by other disgruntled locals throughout the 200,000-man international union, notably in New York and Washington, where the hierarchy has been repeatedly enmeshed in legal challenges. Wilson preferred more direct action. A onetime seaman, he first roiled the San Francisco local in the mid-1950s by assailing its leaders' cozy relations with contractors, later ired the painters' Indiana-based Big Brotherhood by merging two Bay Area locals that covered the same territory-a convenient setup for employers who had been able to play off one against...
...Ordered Attorney General Nicholas DeB. Katzenbach to direct a "renewed drive" against organized crime, which, Johnson said, "constitutes one of the most serious threats to a peaceful and prosperous society...
Since late last year, the silver-short U.S. has been forced to mint silverless "sandwich" quarters and dimes containing a central layer of copper between two thin slices of copper-nickel alloy. Now another Government agency has suggested a more direct solution: find more silver. To aid prospectors, U.S. Geological Survey scientists have designed and successfully tested a "silver snooper," a device capable of locating silver deposits buried as deep as three feet below the ground. By shooting a stream of neutrons into the earth, the snooper turns the silver temporarily radioactive, causing it literally to signal its presence...