Word: recessions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...conference ground to a recess amid vague hopes that Kennedy and Khrushchev might have some new ideas at Vienna. The peace talks at Ban Namone, deep in the jungle, had dwindled to thrice-a-week meetings between second-stringers. Pro-Western Premier Prince Boun Oum flew off to one of his favorite places, the Riviera, ostensibly to talk to Sihanouk...
...Squirming, No Recess. The problems were noise and rootlessness. But some months later, when Atkins tested his teachers' reactions by announcing that he was going to put in walls, they cried, "Give us back our contracts." The pleasure of moving each child at his own pace far outweighed the problems, and the kids were visibly broadened by mixing with all ages...
...achieve "minimum standards" in first grade, one result is the "relaxed" second grade that goes little beyond repeating first grade. Mayer describes a second-grade class at the Mill School, Whittier, Calif. The kids are writing, "and everybody wants to write," but the bell sounds. " 'It's recess time,' calls the teacher. 'Oh, NO!' cry the youngsters. 'You just put your work down, and don't forget your idea,' Mrs. Mullen says with her endless cheerfulness. 'We'll come right back to it after you've played...
After the deciding vote on the resolution, debate resumed. Michael Hornblow '62, sponsor of the motion, asked for a recess to regroup his forces. When the meeting re-opened, a quorum was called since much of the large crowd had left. The first count was 19, the minimum needed to do business. Phillips asked for another call, however, and when only 18 members answered he declared the meeting adjourned...
...Congressmen to go home, where the votes are, and cock attentive ears to the voice of the people. If the voice comes through loud and clear enough, it can change a Congressman's mind about what stands he should take on what issues. In that sense, the spring recess is an occasion for a national summing up. And last week Senators and Representatives around the U.S. achieved remarkable agreement in their findings: the folks back home like President John Kennedy. They are fascinated by his vigor and by his virtuosity in juggling crises the way a gymnast juggles Indian...