Word: meetings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Depopulating the Center. The President ordered Vice President Agnew to meet with the National Governors Conference and explore possible actions at state and federal levels to "cope with the growing lawlessness and violence on our campuses." The Governors took a middle course, voting approval of Nixon's stand but rejecting a proposal by California's Ronald Reagan for a "full" federal investigation of whether the disorders are part of a nationwide plan. New York's Nelson Rockefeller insisted that disturbances should be handled at the state level without federal intervention where possible. Meantime, Father Hesburgh wrote Agnew...
...tell me. I'll bet you're a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or maybe even an astronaut." "None of them," rejoined the black, pulling out a gun. "Give me your money." Carol handed over her pocketbook and smiled: "It certainly is refreshing to meet someone who isn't a credit to his race...
...launched "an inquiry into all the circumstances." Dimbleby seemed unperturbed. He said that he had deliberately set out "to get behind the platitudinous surface and pick up the more truthful reality. If the Queen opens Parliament, all right, that's straight ceremony. But when President and Prime Minister meet, it's arrant nonsense that it be treated with deference...
...from polite negotiation to sneak attack. If the takeover is a friendly seduction, it usually follows a rather elaborate ritual. The first contact is often arranged by investment bankers, who stand to collect fees of up to $1,000,000 for arranging the merger. The potential partners usually meet at a country club or on some other neutral ground. They size each other up stiffly and uneasily; drinks are practically never served. If extreme secrecy is necessary, the top executives travel to out-of-town hotels where they figure nobody will recognize them...
...Harvard Divinity School, only four of whose eight black students are American, will be bypassed by the many qualified black students graduating from colleges in the next ten years unless it "is prepared to make a deliberate effort to understand and to meet the needs of the black churches...