Word: press
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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President Eisenhower, preparing to confer with Chairman Khrushchev this week at Camp David, Md., described to his press Conference in Washington the full measure of what was involved in the confrontation. Dedicated Communists, said Ike, believe that their system is a "progressive step in the long march of civilization. We do not. We do not have a real system; we have a way of life. We are concerned in giving every individual the maximum freedom to develop himself...
...said, "why did you mention that? Already in the U.S. I have clarified that. I trust that even mayors read." The crowd gave Khrushchev a laugh and a round of applause. "In our country," Khrushchev went on, "chairmen of councils who do not read the press risk not being re-elected." The crowd gave Khrushchev another big hand; two-time Mayor Poulson turned crimson. Then Khrushchev went on: "Ladies and gentlemen, you want to get up on this favorite horse of yours and proceed in the same old direction. If you want continuation of the arms race, then, very well...
...Moscow last August, Vice President Richard Nixon went on record as approving a trip to the U.S. by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. "On balance, I believe that at some time Mr. Khrushchev should be invited to the United States," Nixon told a press conference. "I think on such a visit, clearly apart from the discussions he would have with the President on an official basis, the visit would serve other useful purposes. He would have a chance to see firsthand the United States." Nixon was already aware that such a visit was in the works: before he left...
...Then," says Miss Johnson, "he showed me the bottom of the suitcase. On it was a doorbell, just a regular little button, and he said when he set the suitcase on the ground it would press the button and it would blow up. He put the suitcase down with one end on the ground and the other end on the tip of his shoe so the button wouldn't touch the ground. I told the children to get back again. I sent a second runner into the school. I thought maybe the first had been stopped in the hall...
Representatives of the Boston press visited the new building last Thursday for a conducted tour of the premises and a luncheon in the rooftop apartment of Master John M. Bullitt...