Word: reade
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Having just read your article on Nixon's upcoming visit to Asia [July 25], I am distressed to see that both the article and the accompanying photograph give the erroneous impression that General Praphas Charusathien is Thailand's head of government. The Prime Minister of Thailand is, of course, General Thanom Kittikachorn. General Praphas is Deputy Premier and Minister of the Interior...
WHEREVER people could read, watch or hear the news, they followed the epic journey of Apollo 11 with fascination. Most Americans were jubilant, if sometimes at a loss for words. An elderly lady awaiting a flight at Chicago's O'Hare Airport simply stood up and sang America the Beautiful when she learned that the moon landing had succeeded. Said Robert Hutchins, the usually articulate head of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara: "It's marvelous. What else can you say?" Author Paul Goodman, a frequent critic of U.S. institutions, wrote...
...represented by Hang-Nga, a beautiful maiden; "Now she is no longer a virgin," a Saigon intellectual lamented. Tel Aviv's Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren offered a 20th century amendment to a 12th century Hebrew prayer on the eve of the new moon. For 800 years, it has read: "As I dance in front of you and yet cannot touch you, so all my enemies should be unable to harm me." The rabbi suggested that the line be changed to: "As I dance in front of you and yet do not touch...
...Survivors for a couple of reasons. Though he has sold more than 40 million books, Robbins has long lusted for a larger audience: he figures that "even if the show is a failure, more people will view it in one night than all the people who have ever read or seen The Carpetbaggers." Secondly, he has always felt that two-hour movie adaptations of his novels were too truncated and that 100 hours were really needed...
Before the hearing began, more than 30 demonstrators picketed and 40 by standers gathered outside President Pusey's office. Stauder read and distributed his statement before entering Massachusetts Hall...