Word: sat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...green Tea Room of Kansas City's Muehlebach Hotel one morning last week, Dwight Eisenhower sat down with the governors of twelve states to work on a crucial problem: drought. Almost every state in the U.S. has been affected, one way or another, by 1953's hot, dry weather. The first state in which dryness turned to drought and drought turned to disaster was Texas (TIME, July 6). By last week, sections of 13 states* had been declared disaster areas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Missouri, where the President and the governors met to attack the problem...
Last year, said Mitchell, a suburban woman told him a heart-rending story about how she and another faithful Democrat discovered each other in hushed conversations over the back fence and "sat out the campaign together, listening furtitely to Adlai Stevenson's speeches and staying away from their neighbors." From now on, said the chairman, the Democratic Party should get its faithful in suburbia together often enough to provide moral support for all. Said he: "We ought to take a cue from the churches in this matter. They have long made it a practice to visit newcomers and invite...
...inches. -(l.r.) Constantine, Paul, Frederika, Sophie and Irene. -"He didn't know who I was. but he took one look [as Frederika sat talking to Queen Farida |, ordered his wife out of the room and switched off the light. I was quite terrified. If I slapped his face, I knew it might cause all sorts of international complications. So I just stood up and said, 'That very big man outside in the naval uniform is my husband, and I love him very much.' Farouk simply 1'aughed, turned on the light and walked...
...sudden panic, the university changed the name of the Unamuno house, which was to be opened as a museum, to the Casa Rectoral. It canceled plans to visit Unamuno's grave, rescinded invitations to his relatives, barred the mention of his name in the program. Then university officials sat back to await the arrival of visitors...
Medallion Theater (Sat. 10 p.m., CBS). Victor Moore in A Time for Heroes...