Word: session
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that he had been "struck by some similarities in our respective positions," notably expressions of hope for an independent and peaceful South Viet Nam. But the North Vietnamese swiftly rejected the overture, declaring: "In fact, our positions are very far apart." So they remained after a final four-hour session at week's end, held on the eve of Ho Chi Minh's 78th birthday...
...which distributed 60 tons of free meat to Cleveland's poor. He launched town-hall meetings to touch people for volunteer work at city hall. He bewitched the audience of Captain Cleveland, a kiddie video show advocating good citizenship. His biggest decision was to call the first planning session for a major, long-term effort to revitalize the city. By last week, his $1.5 billion "Cleveland: Now!" campaign was already a thundering popular success...
Tantrums & Tirades. The phone call from Rostow proved to Johnson that he had judged the situation correctly. Nine hours after North Viet Nam's proposal reached Washington, the President appeared before a previously scheduled news conference?the first full-dress, televised session he had held in four months?and announced: "I have sent a message informing Hanoi that the date of May 10 and the site of Paris are acceptable to the U.S." He added somberly: "I must, however, sound a cautionary note. This is only the very first step. There are many, many hazards and difficult days ahead...
...Philadelphia, Humphrey demonstrated his still-considerable hold on older, middle-class Negroes when he went before 5,000 delegates to the African Methodist Episcopal Church's quadrennial session. Applause interrupted his speech 66 times as Humphrey promised to formulate "a new and complete national commitment to human rights." The hall resounded with the fervent cries of an old-time revivalist meeting and Humphrev, the old political evangelist, joined the crowd in sineine We Shall Overcome...
...school was organized three years ago to keep the masses of ever hopeful, but hopelessly outclassed golfers from cluttering up tournament qualifying rounds, and also to make certain that those who do play, know how to act. Just getting into last week's spring session at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., took some doing. The 82 aspirants from 20 states and six foreign countries all boasted impressive golfing credentials: Oklahoma's Bob Dickson was the winner of both the U.S. and British Amateurs last year; Colorado's Hale Irwin Jr. was the N.C.A.A. champion; Britain's Clive...