Word: session
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...former mayor of West Berlin, hurried back from Vienna. Ironically, he had been on his way to Belgrade to seek President Tito's support for West Germany's new policy of easing tensions with the East bloc. In Bonn, Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger held an emergency Cabinet session. In Paris, London and Washington, the allies, who guarantee West Berlin's security, conferred about what to do. The painful decision was to do nothing, aside from making a few perfunctory gestures. Kiesinger flew in a U.S. Air Force plane to West Berlin, where he promised that the Bonn government...
...make it as private a proceeding as possible. First the police considered using an armored car for transporting the prisoner, but decided instead on a patrolman's pickup truck that was, conveniently, rigged as a camper. A judge was recruited to preside at an unannounced 7:30 a.m. session, an hour before the court usually convenes. With Public Defender Richard Buckley representing him, the prisoner was charged with six counts of assault with intent to kill...
...that conversational cameo may not seem earthshaking. But amid the ritual of prepared exchanges, in a situation where the fund of optimism constantly verges on bankruptcy, Thuy's approach to Harriman offered the only glimmer of hope during last week's three-hour and 45-minute session. For by thus addressing his opposite number informally, Thuy may have been hinting that his delegation will soon be willing to talk directly to U.S. negotiators in an atmosphere undistorted by propaganda-as Harriman has been proposing all along-rather than using the conference room as a place to recite press...
...seventh session of the Viet Nam peace talks in Paris last week, there was a long pause amid the set-piece exchanges. Then, suddenly leaning across the table and intently scanning the visage of U.S. Negotiator Averell Harriman, North Viet Nam Chief Delegate Xuan Thuy spoke with surprising directness...
...themselves, according to their testimony, simultaneously speaking in tongues. Similar experiments have since been tried at other Catholic schools. At Notre Dame, there is a cell of 30 glossolalia enthusiasts, including students and teachers from nearby St. Mary's College, who meet one night a week for prayer session...