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Word: easterly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Bludgeoning & Blackmailing." With those persuasive political figures in mind, the Administration and the House Democratic leaders went to work. Majority Whip Hale Boggs and his staff, worried about Democrats who had already left for their Easter vacations, got on the phone, persuaded dozens, including six from California, to return for the vote. At White House urging, labor organizations, along with local-government groups, began calling and wiring Congressmen, telling them what the money would mean to the old home town. Texas' Democratic Representative Wright Patman inserted in the Congressional Record a 33-page list of all the communities that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: If We'd Run from This One . . . | 4/19/1963 | See Source »

President Kennedy had planned to set out at midweek for an Easter holiday at Palm Beach. But then came word that a small steel company had announced a price hike (see U.S. BUSINESS). Kennedy postponed his leavetaking, called in Administration officials for consultation, finally came out with a statement that, compared to his savage 1962 assault on U.S. Steel, seemed downright benign-and gave the stock market a general lift. Then the President and a few friends jetted to Florida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Isn't It Great? | 4/19/1963 | See Source »

...last time Pearson and Kennedy met was at the White House dinner for Nobel prizewinners last spring, dubbed by Pearson "The President's Easter Egghead Roll." "I believe we can get back on a very friendly and cooperative basis without difficulty," Pearson says. "I know our relations are going to be complicated and at times difficult. The thing that matters is to accept our responsibilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: A New Leader | 4/19/1963 | See Source »

Although it forced some 800 people to leave their homes, the blaze was confined to the 119-year-old Swift & Co. plant at 188 Gore St. It was the third major Easter fire in Cambridge in as many years...

Author: By Martin S. Levine, | Title: CitCouncil Seeks Aid For Fire-Damaged Area | 4/16/1963 | See Source »

...introduced a motion commending the Fire departments of Cambridge and 11 other towns and cities that helped extinguish the Easter blase, and then amended it to include the proposal for obtaining aid. The resolution was approved unanimously...

Author: By Martin S. Levine, | Title: CitCouncil Seeks Aid For Fire-Damaged Area | 4/16/1963 | See Source »

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