Word: greenes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...green-carpeted Cabinet Room of the White House, 21 men sat down one morning last week to consider the most vital aspects of U.S. defense. First to speak at the regular meeting of the National Security Council was the youngest man at the table. Placing his tan leather briefcase beside his chair, Vice President Richard Nixon leaned forward and opened the meeting in a grave, clear voice: "Gentlemen, as we all know, it is the custom of the Cabinet to open with a silent prayer. While this has not been the practice of the Security Council, may I propose...
...Buenos Aires suburb. "Just call me Pocho," Perón told the girls, and he came often to watch the basketball, skating and sailboat racing, or to award wallets containing 500-peso notes to graduates of the classes in dancing, gymnastics and drama. On one such occasion, he met green-eyed Nelly, a janitor's daughter. Perón, who also called himself the "Immortal Widower," gave Nelly jewels from his late wife Eva's collection, as well as poodles, perfume and a nice little concrete house in the suburbs for her folks...
...morale has taken a beating, the Trib has advanced on other fronts. Sports and financial coverage have been expanded. Weekday editions have been dressed up with an eye-catching, mint-green "third section" containing the features, sports and comics as part of a plan to compartmentalize the news for easier reading. By relying more heavily on wire-service coverage of top stories, e.g., last month's "wolf whistle" murder trial in Mississippi, the Trib has saved money, expanded features and local news coverage...
...Haven city fathers last year also contemplated going underground in order to cope with Yale. A parking garage was contemplated under the New Haven Green, but was abandoned when it was discovered that the Green is an old burying ground and that the city didn't own the Green anyway...
There were, of course, some things that Felix could not teach himself. A housemaid with exciting green eyes and an audacious lady of the evening supplied ample instruction...