Word: slights
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...There were disappointments. The Russians again snubbed his bid for friendlier relations. Congress threatened to cut his modest $2.9 billion foreign aid program by one-third. Though Administration officials noted "some movement" in the Paris peace talks, it still seemed too slight to justify his March 31 renunciation of a second term...
...some daring move, such as abolishing the need for visas for other East bloc visitors to West Germany, in order to illustrate how anachronistic Ulbricht's restrictions are. In today's relaxing Europe, they also favor diplomatic recognition of East Germany in hopes that even a slight reduction in tensions there might help to create a situation in which the 74-year-old Ulbricht's successor, or perhaps his successor's successor, might turn out to be an East German Alexander...
...Junior Miss Pageant or CBS's Miss Teen-age America Pageant or ABC's Miss Teen International Pageant. This season, with ten girlie galas scheduled by the networks and dozens more by local stations, the College Queen Pageant might possibly be remembered for two slight distinctions. First, the new queen, Valerie Dickerson, 21, from San Jose State College in California, was the only Negro among the 50 contestants. Second, the show is sponsored by the Best Foods Division of Corn Products Inc., which is stunningly appropriate...
...Explain." Kennedy paused to shake hands with a dishwasher, turning slightly to his left as he did so. Before Bobby released the hand of Jesus Perez, the gunman managed to get across the room, prop his right elbow on the serving counter and, from behind two assistant maîtres d'hôtel, fire at his victim just four feet away. Kennedy fell. The hotel men, Karl Eucker and Eddy Minasian, grappled with the assassin, but could not reach his gun hand. Author George Plimpton and Kennedy Aide Jack Gallivan joined the wrestling match. The gun, waving wildly, kept pumping bullets...
...Social Democrats, who under Wehner's influence have played down their differences with the Christian Democrats in the Grand Coalition, now intend to play them up in order to impress voters with what they are doing in Bonn. Explained Brandt: "In Germany, when the Social Democrats have a slight cold, it can turn into a serious pneumonia for democracy"-a reference to the fact that in the Weimar Republic, the decline of the Social Democrats coincided with the rise of the Nazis. By sidetracking Wehner, Brandt hoped to cure his party's sniffles-and ensure the continuance...