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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Militant Reuther, by talking up the need for an "unemployment march" on Washington to dramatize the unemployment problem, swung the news spotlight on the Puerto Rico meeting. Asked in press conference what he would think about such a march, President Eisenhower countered with a rare gibe: "I don't see any good to come out of any such demonstration. I believe that news item came out of Puerto Rico. There people must be on the sunny beaches; I don't know whether they are going to march from there over to this foggy Washington...
With Pranno glaring a yard away, Kelly last week stared at the committee's mahogany table, refused to answer questions. This provoked North Carolina's courtly Sam Ervin Jr. to a rare outburst. "It is a tragic state," said he, "to see a man who comes in the shadow of the Capitol of his country who cringes in fear...
...addition, some Houses use the funds for more unusual purposes. Dudley sends a commuting student abroad each summer, Kirkland once engaged the Billy Taylor jazz trio, Winthrop offers grants for special thesis projects, and Adams sponsors exhibitions of student collections ("everything from coins to ikons to rare books...
...form of such Fiskal attractions as "THE DEMON CAN-CAN . . . 100 BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADIES . . . Contains Nothing Objectionable." Finally Fisk was probably the only colonel (of New York's 9th National Guard Regiment) and admiral (of his own steamboats) to wear diamond-studded uniforms and command the rare title of "Mr. Director-Admiral-Colonel...
Unarmed in Paradise, by Ellen Marsh. A rare blending of passion and grace, one of the best love stories in years...