Word: discussed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fear, widely held by liberals and moderates, led to an embarrassing family dispute within the Administration. Some 40 attorneys working in the Civil Rights Division of Mitchell's Justice Department gathered in the apartment of one of their number. They met in an unprecedented act of rebellion to discuss a petition of protest to Attorney General Mitchell. The day before, the Justice Department had gone into federal court to retreat from the Government's previous insistence that 33 recalcitrant Mississippi school districts meet this year's deadline for desegregation-after a federal district court in Jackson, Miss...
...that still basically think of themselves as "contemplative." But most convents will probably now be more alert to the world around them, said Redemptoristine Sister Gertrude Wilkinson last week in Woodstock, Md., where representatives from 57 women's contemplative communities in the U.S. and Canada were meeting to discuss mutual problems. "We are becoming more conscious of the sufferings, problems and joys of the world," she explained. "If you know what you are praying for, you pray with greater fervor...
...imported from Washington, the wines, the flowers and most of the guests were California products. He might have added, of the Hollywood variety. On hand were: Mrs. Clark Gable, Shirley Temple Black, Actor William Lundigan and even Zsa Zsa Gabor, whose unlikely dining partner was Henry Kissinger. Did they discuss world affairs? "No," purred Zsa Zsa, "but we talked about a lot of other affairs...
...offensive. Pope Paul, during his African visit, was unable to bring Ojukwu and Nigeria's leader, General Yakubu Gowon, to a bargaining table. Neither were Harold Wilson, Charles de Gaulle or Haile Selassie, who heads the Organization of African Unity, which meets next month in Addis Ababa to discuss...
...Sergio's enthusiasm spills over to his priests. Regional groups of priests meet voluntarily every week to discuss sermon topics and common solutions to pressing problems; all of the diocese's 100 priests meet twice monthly to discuss similar issues with Méndez Arceo himself. The meetings are characteristically free: last spring some of the priests publicly criticized the Mexican hierarchy for dragging its feet on putting into practice the reforms of Vatican...