Word: note
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Living Reminder. In the U.S. last week for a five-day visit was a living reminder of America's stake in Europe: West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard. Erhard did not come to complain. But in stating the reason for his trip, he did note that "urgent decisions that are vital for the future of the Atlantic Alliance need to be discussed...
...function," said President Kennedy. Congress, how ever, was not convinced. In 1962 it passed a law requiring the Post Office to hold all incoming "Communist politi cal propaganda" for 20 days, then de stroy it unless the addressee returned a card saying he wanted it. Respectable critics began to note an obvious dan ger: Post Office lists of "approved" addressees might well result in the hounding of innocent individuals, such as scholars and journalists...
...Kiev, after an evening of Brahms and Mozart, several of the musicians adjourned to the youth cafés to sit in on jam sessions with the local hipsters. In Tbilisi, the orchestra was treated to a sumptuous banquet and serenaded by Georgian folk singers. The only sour note of the tour was sounded privately by the musicians, who rightfully questioned Szell's generally lightweight selection of American works, including two insipidities by Composers William Grant Still and Herbert Elwell, a native of Cleveland...
...turned out, no one ever got to put in a bid. When Lady Bird heard that the letter was up for sale, she asked Liz Carpenter, her press secretary, to get it back. After trying unsuccessfully three times to reach Hamilton by phone, Liz dispatched a firm note requesting the letter's return. "Mrs. Johnson is absolutely certain," she wrote, "that she has never given away any letter sent to her by Mrs. Kennedy-in fact, it has always been her policy to retain all letters sent to her personally. Accordingly, we can only conclude that the letter...
...Norway, miniature tiger tails fluttered from scooters and sedans last week, and the signs along the highways struck a familiar note: Putt en tijger pa tanken. In Western Germany, it is Pack' den Tiger in den Tank; in The Netherlands, Stop 'n Tijger in uw Tank; in France, Mettez un tigre dans votre mo-teur; in Italy, Netti un tigre nel motore; and in Britain what else but "Put a tiger in your tank." The star of one of the most popular advertising campaigns ever hatched on Madison Avenue, Esso's frisky, whimsical tiger with the high...