Word: host
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...underscore the theme he has adopted for his inaugural and touched on in his victory speech-"Bring us together"-Nixon also played host to a diverse cast of characters. In a single day, his guests at the Pierre included A.T.& T. Ex-Chairman Frederick Kappel, Central Intelligence Agency Chief Richard Helms, A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany and Urban League Executive Director Whitney Young Jr. After his meeting, Young quipped, in a reference to Nixon's neglect of the Negro during his campaign: "I wanted to make sure the 'forgotten Americans' he's been talking about...
...more than 1,000 U.S. servicemen now held as prisoners-of-war in Asia, life is unpleasant at best. But durance has been considerably less vile for the eleven G.I.s held by Cambodia since their landing craft strayed out of Vietnamese waters July 17. Their host, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, seized on Cambodia's 15th anniversary celebrations in Phnompenh last week to prove himself a more than gracious jailer...
KRAFT MUSIC HALL (NBC, 9-10 p.m.). "Comedy 2001?Give or Take a Couple of Weeks." Julie Harris, Bill Dana, Shelley Berman and Lynn Kellogg join Host Steve Allen in a series of skittery sketches about the lighter side of life in the 21st century...
...more boring games, Cornell will host fifth-place Dartmouth, and Penn will try to grab third place in a contest with Columbia and Marty Domres...
First Baptist's facilities, which take up three blocks, are kept humming by a host of other goings on. The two top floors of the parking building (capacity: 300 cars) are given over to a mammoth gymnasium, a bowling alley and game and craft rooms. The recreation facilities are open year-round from early morning until 10 p.m. There are adult-education and hobby classes in everything from Spanish to candlemaking. These manifold activities help account for First Baptist's popularity, and all are free, except bowling. The costs are paid for by the church's capacious...