Word: item
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...China Issue. In the East-West power struggle the trickiest resolution by far would be an old familiar item, admission of Red China to the U.N.-either as an additional member or in place of Formosa's Chinese Nationalists who have held a Security Council seat since 1945. For a decade, U.S. policy has been to keep the question off the agenda, prevent even a debate. But the changed U.N. power balance has led to changed U.S. tactics, and the first test will occur in this week's Security Council meeting...
Soft Sell. Gump thinks that his store's reputation rests primarily on the casual soft sell practiced by its knowledgeable sales staff. "I've told them," says Gump, "that if we don't carry an item, tell the customer where he can buy it. Don't tell him we have something better. The customer thinks, 'Isn't it nice of Gump's to tell me where to find it,' and he comes back to Gump...
...Pont Show of the Week (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). PREMIÈRE of a new series, this item called "Laughter U.S.A.," a Project 20 essay on the history of American humor...
...voice, lets it pour into the microphone. "How do you do? How do you do? How do you do? If you've just joined us. we're sure glad to have you out there listening to our program-Gospel Request Time." The first request is a hillbilly item called / Saw the Light, and when it is over, Kallinger uses the light for a transition into a five-minute commercial: "I hope many people will see the light tonight and ask Jesus to forgive them, ask Jesus to come into their hearts. And I hope many of you people...
...first major Administration legislative item to come up for floor vote in Congress found O'Brien with his organizational fences not yet in place. It was the feed-grains bill, which found rural and urban Congressmen bitterly divided. About the only appeal that O'Brien and his staffers could make to Democratic Congressmen was not to let the President down on his first bill-"Let's win this one for Jack, Jackie and little Caroline." The bill passed the House by seven votes-and since then O'Brien has been able to move more sophisticated weapons...