Word: june
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Egyptians?were warned in advance that Begin might deliver a tough toast, and he most certainly did. His ten-minute speech turned into a near tirade as he insisted that Israel would not go back to the "fragile, breakable, aggression-provoking and bloodshed-causing lines preceding the fifth of June 1967." With mounting fervor, Begin turned to the subject of self-determination for the Palestinians. "That wonderful concept of self-determination," he said, "was misused in the late '30s, and as a result of that concept, disaster was brought upon Europe, upon the world ... May I state: let never again...
Several landlords voiced their objections to the bill which was defeated last June...
...week. To counter the problem of rapid student turnover because of graduation, he hopes to develop a manual on "how the minority recruitment program should proceed out of this office." Young is, himself, only a one-year admissions officer. His work in Harvard's admissions office ends in June...
...author who has sold out splendidly to television. Everyone makes a proper fool of himself, especially Jupe. Elsewhere, Jupe proposes some revisions in the National Book Awards so that every entrant would win something: "There would be awards for The Best Biography of a Man Born on June 2, 1898; and for The Best Novel Titled Love Story. The Best Likeness on a Dust-Jacket Photograph would win a blue ribbon, and so would The Best Job of Spelling...
...testimony, Chapin acceded to the post when Goeran Gentele, the Swedish impresario who succeeded Rudolf Bing in 1972, was killed in an automobile accident. Chapin had enemies as well as friends on the Met's faction-ridden board of directors, and he was eased out in June 1975. The Met decided to abolish the job of general manager and substitute a conglomerate-style troika: executive director (Anthony A. Bliss), music director (James Levine), director of production (John Dexter). This reorganization apparently reflected the board's resentment of Bing, Chapin's autocratic predecessor. William Rockefeller, board president...