Word: gatherings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...King's first reaction was that toughs from the Communist-front Lambrakis youth movement had gone on a rampage, were perhaps even attempting a coup. Instinctively, he ordered the guards doubled at Tatoi, telephoned his mother, Queen Frederika, in the nearby Athenian suburb of Psychiko, to gather all the royal kin she could locate into her house. He then telephoned officers in his palace in Athens to send out a force to rescue Arnaoutis and protect the Queen Mother. He ordered the Navy to put to sea as many ships as possible...
...years, as rising retail sales eased economists' worry over the "inventory overhang." Says President Robert Williams of Youngstown Sheet & Tube: "Customer stocks of steel have come down pretty well. We have seen the bottom of our operating curve." Says Alcoa President John Harper: "We feel the economy will gather strength. We expect the aluminum industry to grow faster than the economy...
When the faithful gather in Worcester for the Eastern Sprints this Saturday, they are likely to see another day of Crimson triumph...
...civil disobedience. First, everything should be done to bring home to as many people as possible the fact that a qualitative shift in the war is occurring. In addition to mustering and expanding the factual information we have the individuals who are receiving this memo should begin to gather groups to discuss the current situation and contemplate local and national responses. Our experience in Boston has been that it takes a long time for the importance and gravity of the current situation to sink in; most of us have had a tremendous resistance to coming to grips with that...
...second month, the Fugs ban--censorship by police suggestion--is having an effect beyond the city limits of Cambridge. A number of dealers, hoping to avoid a confrontation with authorities, have removed the Fugs records from the racks. "It might have been from something objectionable, from what we gather," says one saleslady at Jordan Marsh in Boston. "Indecent," snaps the Book Clearing House. "Too dangerous,"" explains Vara's in Medford. And Farrington's of Arlington has this solution: "We don't have it in regular stock," says the manager. Lowering his voice, he continues...