Word: honored
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...heal our land." For others, it was Carter's unprecedented stroll down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House after he was sworn in. But for many, the most memorable-and symbolic-moment came when a black choir sang the Battle Hymn of the Republic in honor of a Southern President...
Some 100,000 shivering people had thronged onto the lawn and into the makeshift bleachers. The Marine Band played the Navy Hymn in Carter's honor, and Walter Mondale was sworn in as Vice President by-at his own request -House Speaker Tip O'Neill. Then came Carter's turn. "Are you ready to take the oath of office?" Chief Justice Warren Burger asked him at precisely 12:03 p.m. No man had ever been readier. While Rosalynn held the family Bible, Carter placed his hand on it; in front of him was the Bible used...
Richard Nixon's 1973 spectacular. There were also a couple of Kennedys around (Ethel at a New York State party, on the arm of Governor Hugh Carey, Teddy at a dinner to honor Hubert Humphrey at the Mayflower Hotel). But considering that this was a Democratic Inaugural, the members of that sizable clan seemed most notable for their absence throughout the week. Most in evidence were Hollywood stars, athletes, musicians-and Georgians...
...eyed man with the droopy mustache returned to Paris' fashionable Hôtel Résidence Saint-Honoré at 7:30 on a Friday evening. When he walked in, the men waiting for him identified themselves as agents of the Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST), the French counterintelligence agency. They asked him to come to headquarters for a routine identity check. He did so without protest. Four days later the suspect was released-thereby touching off one of the most explosive international brouhahas in years. The affair triggered political repercussions from the Quai d'Orsay...
...Premier as well as Party Chairman. He had held Teng responsible for the unprecedented riots that erupted in T'ien An Men Square last April, after an earlier commemoration ceremony for Chou. Mourners had become enraged when militiamen removed flower wreaths laid in his honor at the Monument to the Martyrs of the Revolution. According to some reports, over 1,000 people were arrested in connection with the outbreak of violence. The riots were originally condemned as counterrevolutionary acts provoked by Teng and his supporters. In some posters last week, though, the riots were hailed as "a brilliant page...