Word: sions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Below expectations," admitted John Ken nedy. The President quickly added: "We look for a strong and continued expan sion throughout the year and into 1963." But he revealed his doubts about the vigor of the economy by asking Congress for a $600 million emergency public-works program to make jobs in almost 1,000 depressed areas...
Women in Camp. The guests at the day-long outing were 38 freshmen Republican Congressmen. Gettysburg was hot, but their host was in cool good humor. Attempting to point out the wheatfields across which Pickett's divi sion made its ruinous charge, Ike discovered the view blocked by a parked bus. When he asked that the bus be moved, one Congressman quipped, "Is that an executive order, Mr. President?" Chortled Ike, when the bus driver was slow in moving: "And obeyed just about as rapidly." Climbing aboard one of the congressional buses, Ike handled a microphone like a veteran...
Yoshida early pushed Dentsu into radio and television production. In Dentsu's television studios, agency scriptwriters grind out soap operas, mystery thrillers (Mr. Himana Steps Out) and easterns (about sword-swinging samurai). By pio neering in commercial radio and televi sion, Yoshida was elected to the boards of 20 broadcasting companies-a fact that gives Dentsu a big edge in placing its programs and commercials...
...first time lanky (6 ft.), retiring Baudouin, 30, King of the Belgians. There were other meetings during the summer, but Fabiola continued to live quietly in her Madrid apartment, and continued her normal pursuits: churchgoing, charitable works, visits to her mother in the Calle Zurbano man sion which is large enough and magnificent enough to have been considered by the U.S. Government for its embassy in Spain...
After the kingdom's conversion to Christianity in the 4th century, the coronation ceremony was performed on the site of the church of St. Mary of Sion, where Ethiopians believe that the son of Solomon and Sheba deposited the Tablet of Moses. So revered is the church that worshipers kiss its steps before they enter; so sacred are its confines that by Coptic custom no woman has ever been permitted within its enclosure, and few male foreigners have been allowed inside by the priests who devote their lives to protecting its treasures...