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Word: lunches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...oilman to the FPC. ("It would be like asking Mickey Mantle to umpire Yankee games.") The Senate indulgently let him have his say, and even helped him out in moments of distress. When Proxmire needed to go to the bathroom or to the Democratic cloak room for a quick lunch of cottage cheese, his colleagues held the floor for him, swapping jokes to pass the time. In turn, Bill Proxmire graciously yielded the floor from time to time, to permit snippets of debate on urgent legislation. In the end. the Senate confirmed O'Connor's nomination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Quixote from Wisconsin | 8/18/1961 | See Source »

...very first orbit, Titov took over the manual controls of the Vostok II, checked out the systems designed to let him steady his capsule as it curved along its predetermined arc in space. On the third orbit, Titov ate a three-course lunch, squeezed out of tubes like toothpaste. On the seventh orbit, after 9¼ hours in the air, Titov passed over Moscow, radioed: "I beg to wish dear Muscovites good night. I am turning in now. You do as you please, but I am turning in." With that, Titov lay back for the programed 7½ hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: I Am Eagle | 8/18/1961 | See Source »

Obviously pleased by his Washington welcome. Chen later addressed the National Press Club, drove to the Pentagon for a conference with Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. Borrowing a presidential helicopter. Chen flew to Gettysburg for a short talk with Dwight Eisenhower, hurried back to lunch with Vice President Johnson and talk with Speaker Sam Rayburn on Capitol Hill, entertained Kennedy at an eight-course Mandarin dinner. Then he flew off to Manhattan, where he made a tour of Chinatown and met with U.N. Secretary Dag Hammarskjold. Heading home this week, after stops in Chicago and San Francisco, Chen would take with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Relations: The Right Ideas | 8/11/1961 | See Source »

Doormen, however, look on the riders with disdain; and sometimes, owning a bicycle in Manhattan is as frustrating as owning a car. A short time ago, Theater Owner Daniel Talbot came downtown from his apartment for lunch at the Algonquin Hotel. The hotel refused to let him park his bike in the lobby, a policeman told him to get it off the sidewalk, a garage attendant would not let him park in his lot even if he paid regular prices. He moved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The City: The Escape Machine | 8/11/1961 | See Source »

...addition to their lunch-hour activities, the City's 16 Guild Churches have each developed a specialty. St. Stephen, Walbrook, specializes in rescuing would-be suicides; with a staff of seven and 200-part-time volunteers, it handles more than 100 calls for help a week. St. Mary Aldermary gives advice on religious retreats; St. Martin, Ludgate, specializes in marriage counseling, and the tiny church of St. Ethelburga concentrates on the ministry of healing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Church & the City | 8/4/1961 | See Source »

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