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...after it has been cleared and that it reconsider as well the method of selecting a developer." (Italics supplied.) He continued that the recently enacted Housing Act of 1965 "makes it possible to achieve lower rents than were possible when the project was first planned." He proposed a blue-ribbon committee be selected to evaluate the best use of the land and select a project developer...
...sultry midsummer heat and a pursuing band of photographers, Jacqueline Kennedy looked cool and graceful as she led Daughter Caroline's pony, Leprechaun, into the ring for the 4-H Stablemates' Horse Show in Cape Cod's West Barnstable. Last year Caroline won a sixth-place ribbon in the show, but she failed to place this time in a "maiden equitation" event, left the family victories to Bobby Kennedy's daughters Kathleen and Mary Courtney, who trotted off with three blue ribbons. Later in the week, Jackie let John Jr. and Caroline host an ice-cream...
...miffed at the absence of the Swiss President, De Gaulle had refused to allow a low-level delegation from Switzerland-which donated 2% of the tunnel's cost-to take part in its inauguration. He even denied the Swiss access to the tunnel, the only link between the ribbon-cutting ceremonies on the French side and the speeches on the Italian. Small wonder that one passionate European Federalist in the audience found the session disturbing enough to break through police lines and fling an envelope toward De Gaulle. As Italian carabinieri hauled him brusquely away, De Gaulle opened...
...Paris Club-also known as the Group of Ten-is a blue-ribbon panel of finance ministers and governors of central banks from the IMF's ten leading industrial powers: Belgium, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Sweden and the U.S. The Ten quietly take on study assignments for the IMF (current study: proposals for a new type of international reserve currency) and, when necessary, supplement IMF loans with their own hard currencies. In the latter case, they contribute quotas under an agreement called the General Arrangements to Borrow, which is known as GAB. Meetings: whenever necessary...
...some doubt that Lyndon Johnson could staff his Administration with the high-caliber types necessary for any pretense at good government. Now, after 17 months in office, Johnson has made about 130 top-level appointments-and by any reasonable standard his report card would read "excellent." Among the blue-ribbon picks: John T. Connor as Secretary of Commerce, Henry H. Fowler as Secretary of the Treasury, and retired Admiral William Raborn as the new Director of the Central Intelligence Agency...