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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Unless the delegates slept through the speeches, the world summit meeting of Communist parties was a daily grind. Whisked from their hotels and guest villas in black Chaikas and Volgas whose windshields bore special green-and-white passes, the Communist leaders-some 300 from 75 parties-were deposited at the Kremlin before 10 a.m. each morning. After four hours of eloquence, the delegates had a two-hour break. Most of them dined on caviar and cold cuts in the first-floor dining room of the Great Kremlin Palace. In a pointed show of conviviality, Soviet Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev, Premier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Communists: Independent Mood | 6/20/1969 | See Source »

...that a musical tribute would be just the thing to mark the occasion. Trouble is, she conceded, "we are as far removed from the great world of music as if we lived on the rings of Saturn." So Miss Peter, 73, persuaded Composer Norman Dello Joio to write a special work for the sesquicentennial, then hired Eugene Ormandy and his Philadelphia Orchestra to come to Little Rock to play it. She mortgaged a small portion of her land to foot the $60,000 bill, meticulously planned the concert to the last detail (even making sure that none of the musicians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 13, 1969 | 6/13/1969 | See Source »

Henry A. Kissinger, LL.D., special assistant to President Nixon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kudos: Round 2 | 6/13/1969 | See Source »

Daniel P. Moymhan, LL.D , urbanologist and special assistant to President Nixon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kudos: Round 2 | 6/13/1969 | See Source »

Oilmen argue that the special allowance is necessary to compensate them for the tremendous costs and risks involved in prospecting for oil, and to give them extra incentive to search for more of it. The search has been slowing lately. Since 1957, the number of new wells drilled in the U.S. has dropped 40%; domestic reserves have remained nearly constant but demand for oil has increased by as much as 29%. Two weeks ago, Michael A. Wright, chairman of Humble Oil, told Senator Hart's antitrust subcommittee that 87% of the nation's oil needs by 1985 will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oil: Battle Over Special Privilege | 6/13/1969 | See Source »

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