Word: presse
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Richard Nixon, who is above all a methodical craftsman, addressed himself to stretching and sizing his canvas before attempting to paint big answers for public view (although he did schedule his first formal press conference for this week). In their early days at least, most administrations are judged more by their style than their programs, which are generally embryonic at this stage. Nixon and his men so far convey an earnest, deliberate, unspectacular approach. The President's inaugural address clearly reflected this attitude: "As we measure what can be done, we shall promise only what we know...
...President, like Dwight Eisenhower, prefers to learn what the press and the networks are saying from a news summary that his staff will prepare for him every morning. The large red-mahogany desk that Nixon had used as Vice President was trundled over from the Capitol. Ornately carved in front, it had been the White House desk of William McKinley and Woodrow Wilson...
...Still, it was not an easy thing being an ex-President-at least for the first week-and it was clear that Johnson was having some difficulty unwinding. "He's not basically constituted to assume this new posture," observed Jake Jacobsen, a former aide. In a two-hour press conference at the ranch, Johnson was by turns shy and brave, moody and fitful, wistful and uncertain. He said he was convinced that he had done the right thing in renouncing reelection last March. Only Lady Bird seemed altogether certain that she would rather be in Blanco County, Texas, than...
...Czechoslovak Republic, who, as a young man, published a scholarly book on suicide. Last week his words seemed tragically prophetic. Hitherto Czechoslovakia's resistance to last summer's Soviet invasion had ranged from almost comic escapades in sabotage, to reasoned defense of its reform measures in the press, to mass demonstrations of anger and resentment. Almost never was there desperation to be seen, not even among the most militant fatigue-jacketed students of Prague's Charles University...
...home at Cajarc in Lot, where Pompidou is photographed talking to the peasants. At the same time, he is subtly disengaging himself from unpopular De Gaulle positions. Though he agreed with the Israeli embargo, he did not like De Gaulle's innuendo that Jews unduly influenced the French press. Pompidou also believes, in light of Russian intransigence over Czechoslovakia, that France should renew Western ties weakened by De Gaulle. Significantly, his 1969 agenda tentatively includes trips to the U.S., Mexico and Canada, as well as tours of the French provinces to discuss domestic problems. His next major venture...