Word: sessions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...banquet at the U.S. embassy residence in London. There was Sir Winston Churchill, still game, who had flown up from the Riviera. There were Field Marshals Montgomery and Alanbrooke, sharp critics of Ike's leadership, whom the President greeted no less warmly. In a wondrous who-sits-where session for the photographers, the President, much as he did in the old days, finally got the British generals where he wanted them (see cut). And at dinner, amid old reminiscences, old discords faded...
...Whether I want it or not, I've got it, growled House G.O.P. Leader Charles Halleck. What Indiana's Halleck was tossing between his thick political calluses was the hottest potato that the President of the U.S. had thrown him all session. The assignment: keep the House from overriding the President's veto of Congress' cherished $1.2 billion rivers and harbors bill (TIME, Sept. 7), a pork barrel packed with projects dear to the folks back home-and offensive to Ike because it called for 67 new projects not in the Administration's budget...
...going along part way after another long balk, the House voted to take off the 3.26% ceiling on savings-bond interest rates. But Congress' failure to lift the interest ceilings on other long-range U.S. Treasury bonds, the White House hinted, might call for a special session this fall. The President's surprisingly successful stand on legislative matters has thoroughly rocked Democratic leaders accustomed to using their huge majorities for give-a-little-take-a-lot compromises with the White House...
...flowers, Associate Manager Carlos Moseley reported: "The whole hall stood and cried 'bis' in some funny way that sounded like hundreds of birds cooing." Bernstein managed to steal a few hours to visit Chopin's home and drop in at a jazz club for a jam session. The party broke up at 3 a.m., and Lenny was accompanied to his hotel in a long, gay, noisy procession that dispersed only after scores of students of both sexes kissed him farewell...
...Island, the East River playground used mostly for track meets and soccer matches, the disturbances did not seem to matter. In three days, 60,000 fans packed the stadium for the fourth annual Randall's Island Jazz Festival, and made it the world's biggest jam session, displacing even the famed Newport Festival. The jazz buffs had come (at up to $4.50 a ticket) to hear just about every top combo, including an exciting West Coast-styled group making its first appearance in New York...