Word: homelies
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...revealing his actual intent, and how much was he attempting to disarm his critics? It could have been a mixture of both. While the negotiations go on, Nixon obviously has nothing to gain by trumpeting his quids before the other side can respond with a quo or two. At home, though, Nixon can gain time and patience with hints that the end is in sight...
...people of Latin America if the funds were siphoned off, as so often in the past, by the ruling classes. Neither extreme scenario, of course, is likely to be chosen-especially not the latter. The Nixon Administration's options are too limited by other crises abroad and at home. At $605 million, Nixon's aid request for Latin America is the lowest submitted by a U.S. President in a decade, and Congress in its present mood is sure...
...cocktail parties, and a trip to Wimbledon for the tennis quarterfinals-not to mention the investiture. Even her father's erstwhile opponent Hubert Humphrey was smitten. Humphrey greeted Tricia at a cocktail party with a hug and a kiss and said: "She is a little doll." Meanwhile, back home, the President's other daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, was star of her own show. Five days a week, the newest tour guide in the White House now leads groups of 25 tourists through parts of the Executive Mansion ordinarily closed to the public: the Lincoln Bedroom, where...
According to Alain de Gaulle, nephew of France's retired President, le grand Charles did not stand so tall at home. In fact, writes Alain in an article sold to British, French and American publications, he could be defined as "henpecked." Alain relates that Tante Yvonne cured her husband's fondness for Scotch whisky by adding coffee to his glass, kept the household account book and slipped a hair between the pages so she would know if the President tried to peek. She thriftily bought the presidential shirts, socks and underwear at the Bon Marché, a sort...
National Goals. The Senate meanwhile passed and sent to the House a measure that would permit states to reduce certain Medicaid services without risking the loss of federal aid. Under the bill, states would still be required to provide basic services: hospital and nursing-home care, outpatient treatment, preventive care for children, physicians' fees, laboratory costs and X rays. But the states would be permitted to drop coverage of dental care, prescription drugs and eyeglasses. The Senate measure will enable financially pressed states to cut burgeoning costs without abandoning their Medicaid programs altogether...