Word: remarkable
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Tuesday's televised session, William Y. Elliott, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science and chairman of the three-day conference, suggested governmental reorganization. Quoting vice-President Nixon's remark--"We must weld together executive agencies into an economic, political, and ideological whole"--he emphasized that interested private foundations accept public administration...
Canceled Flights. As news of mutiny, rape and chaos in the Congo poured into Brussels, Belgium's dapper Premier Gaston Eyskens at first shrugged it off with the remark: "These are the minor growing convulsions of a young nation." But as the first planeloads of refugees arrived from Brazzaville, thousands of former Belgian settlers demonstrated at the airport and nearly mobbed a Congolese politician who was on one of the planes. Shouting "A has les macaques! [Down with the apes!]," the settlers demanded army intervention in the Congo. So did Belgian newspapers, and La Libre Belgique cried: "It would...
...many people arrived for the party, including busloads of American tourists, that one old lady was prompted to remark: "Did President Eisenhower decide to come after all?" Apart from the crowds, the little cakes and flowing Schaumwein, the big three sat on a circular veranda and held an impromptu press conference. In obvious reference to recent speculation that Mikoyan had been downgraded, one correspondent said to him: "It's a very pleasant surprise to see you here, and everyone is commenting on the fact." With heavy humor, Mikoyan replied: "Were you opposed to my coming?" He spoke with...
...Japan. "Kishi should quit immediately," said one group of Liberal Democratic wheeler-dealers after a flurry of meetings last week. And when the Premier approached Japan's N.A.M., the powerful Federation of Economic Organizations, for $250,000 to publicize his stand, he was turned away with the remark: "Money is hard to come by these days." Nonetheless, at week's end Kishi grimly went on television and announced once more his determination to stick. "If I resigned under pressure of violence," he said, "democracy in Japan would be destroyed...
Faced with this polyglot group, Manager Murtaugh is wise enough to stay in the background, build his regulars' confidence by leaving them in the line-up through slump and surge. Murtaugh is the soul of tact when he walks out to relieve a pitcher. His standard remark: "It's one of those days. We'll get you a little help." This season Murtaugh himself is not sure why his Pirates have rebounded so well from last year's disappointing fourth-place finish. "You never know why they do good," he says. "You can only be grateful...