Word: gatherings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...three that Thomas Lanier Williams, later better known as Tennessee, told his first scary story. As his mother recalls it: "We used to go to North Carolina in the summer. The women folk would gather round the fireplace-it was cool there. We had no radios to entertain ourselves with, so we'd tell stories. Tom, who was quite shy, would hide behind my skirts listening. This one night we said, 'Tom, why don't you tell us a story?' We were sure he'd say no. And you know, that little cherub...
...like cat, bug and dig), and some vicious meows. Dorothy also has an inclination to be hilariously wrong. With authority and certitude, she misplaces geographical landmarks, mispronounces French words, and misnames the heroes of history. WOR listeners tune her in with something of the same impulse that makes crowds gather at a fatal accident. When one correspondent caught her flatfooted in a factual error, she noted his return address and sniffed characteristically: "If he's so smart, what's he still doing in Perth Amboy, New Jersey?" Says one regular: "I listen to Dorothy and Dick every morning...
...hard workers and love fine workmanship, but Matsushita ceaselessly exhorts his employees anyway. From the ceilings of his gleaming white, air-conditioned plants hang signs declaring: "Quality Is Everybody's Job," "Always Think of the Consumer." And each day before work begins, Matsushita executives and their uniformed workers gather to sing with the fervor of a college homecoming crowd...
...Uruguayan seaside resort called Punta del Este, 21 nations of the Western Hemisphere gather this week to decide whether to censure Castro, crowd him with sanctions, or merely live in discomfort with him. Castro himself is taking the meeting seriously. Heading Cuba's 40-man delegation to the hemispheric foreign ministers' meeting is his puppet President, Osvaldo Dorticós, a traveler to Moscow who ran for local office on the Communist ticket as far back as 1948. At his elbow as the delegation's "adviser" is Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, editor of Cuba's Communist daily...
Pointing out that the drive nets less than $2,000 yearly, she said, "It's really shameful to gather chicken feed and give it in the name of the whole College. We're only pretending to be generous...