Word: poole
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There is the one about trouble at a motor pool in South Viet Nam; American advisers are considered disrespectful because they give advice about such things as how to grease the engines and which oil to use without first praising the skill of the local mechanics. Moral: The key to Asia is "face...
Empty Seat. When in Washington, Javits is up and about in time to reach the House gym soon after its early morning opening, spending 15 minutes in the pool or working out at paddleball or handball. If he can find a partner, he plays tennis, but he may soon run out of partners; in excellent trim (he weighs 175 Ibs., claims to be 5 ft. 10 in. tall, but appears to be at least an inch shorter than that), he is a tough, agile player who gives no quarter. Saunaed, showered and stretched, Javits slides into his dark beige Mustang...
...kind of friendly grouping that could develop into a new Asian and Pacific bloc in the United Nations. The foreign ministers will assemble again next year in Bangkok. Meanwhile, committees will weigh the feasibility of such cooperative ventures as a common commodities and fertilizer bank and a pool of technicians to be shared among the nine...
...sirens and broadcast over radio and TV, unquestionably held down the death toll. Most people had time to scurry for refuge. Residents of the luxurious Huntington Park apartment complex found safety in the basement sauna room as the entire second floor was being ripped away. At the Circus Tavern, pool players dove under tables, emerging safely minutes later from ten feet of debris. The legend of Burnett's Mound disappeared into the funnel. "I never did think it was true," said one tearful resident as he picked amidst the rubble of his home. "But I sure wanted...
...Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is 30 years old, and has never known the security of a permanent conductor. Not that nobody will have it. The players just happen to be finicky, preferring to draw on an international pool of guest conductors until Mr. Right comes along. This has not always been easy. Beyond the customary growing pains, the orchestra has also had to weather the ravages of three wars, offering visiting maestros such inducements as "the largest and most luxurious air-raid shelter in the Near East, with excellent acoustics." Leonard Bernstein conducted one concert during an attack by Egyptian bombers...