Word: laing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Pedro G. Beltrán, LL.D., publisher of La Prensa, Lima, Peru...
Minnesota's Man of La Mancha was undeterred by the odds against him when he began his lonely race seven months ago. And, last week, Eugene McCarthy seemed equally untroubled by the all but overwhelming force of Democratic convention delegates now marshaled behind Hubert Humphrey. "I do not think the delegates have really made up their minds yet," he said, as he resumed his campaign at a Washington press conference...
...most recent incarnation of the Gaullist political party that began life after the war as the Rassemblement du Peuple Francais and later became the Union pour la Nouvelle République. Its policy is whatever the general says, its followers a mélange of those who want stability above all: the establishment, the petite bourgeoisie, the farmers. In an effort to alter the party's autocratic image, De Gaulle has proposed greater participation by workers in factories and by students in universities. Prospects: possibly a gain in seats if backlash from continued violence grows...
...result, ground hang-ups often consume more of a passenger's time than the 50-minute shuttle flight from New York to Washington. In the New York-New Jersey area, the Port Authority, which runs the airports, is spending $425 million to expand Kennedy, La Guardia and Newark airports and is meanwhile seeking a site for one more all-new superport. Boston also needs another airfield, whose cost will be over and above the $225 million now allotted to expand Logan International. Pittsburgh, with traffic up 25% in one year, has earmarked $11,800,000 for immediate expansion. Altogether...
Pedro G. Beltran was prime minister and minister of finance of Peru from 1959 to 1961, and is now publisher of La Prensa. He is also former Peruvian ambassador to the United States, and former chairman of the Board of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru...