Word: latelies
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Minister, Indira Gandhi has been largely spared the biting public criticism that Indian politicians are accustomed to meting out to their leaders. It is partly a matter of simple courtesy to a woman. It is also partly a matter of respect for her father's memory. But of late there has been a good deal of grumbling inside the ruling Congress Party. And one of the charges is that the child of Jawaharlal Nehru is abandoning her father's nationalist and socialist ideals...
...will increase its strategic-missile force by 1968 to a projected ceiling of 1,710, including 656 submarine-based Polaris projectiles. The Pentagon is now installing 200 late-model Minuteman II missiles, is developing a Minuteman III with improved range, explosive power and targeting flexibility. Although the big missile force is largely in place and paid for, there is some apprehension among the experts that the improving power and accuracy of Soviet missiles may some day make the land-based birds obsolete. If that occurred, the U.S. might have to switch-at vast expense-to the water, placing ICBMs...
...personal cook have been trying to get the boss to watch those between-meal snacks. But sometimes, tattled Deputy White House Press Secretary Robert Fleming, 54, Lyndon Johnson gets sneaky about it. Not long ago, Fleming told a group of labor editors, the President tiptoed into the kitchen late one night to raid the icebox. Just as he was digging into some tapioca pudding, the scraping of his metal spoon against the pan aroused Lady Bird, who must have the ears of an Apache scout. She chewed him out. Unrepentant, the President studied the problem for a while and then...
...Their Toes. In the name of quality, Stokowski can winnow the ranks ruthlessly, has already gone through two concertmasters and eleven of the original twelve woodwind players. When one violinist came late to rehearsal, Stokowski ceremoniously pulled out his book and made a big circle around his name. Next day, a replacement was sitting in his chair. He can also be the very soul of charm. Says one musician: "He is like the morning fog. When it lifts, everything is wonderfully lucid and beautiful. When it falls again, he is absolutely inscrutable...
...Valentin Silvestrov, 27, a onetime engineer, is a graduate of the Kiev Conservatory. Though he came late to music, he is one of the most original of the new Soviet composers, has extensively explored the outer reaches of avant-garde music. His Spectrums was the first example of the chance style performed in Russia...