Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Fortnight ago, when Smith suddenly accused him of "finally closing the door," he tried to open it again by suggesting that Smith meet him for the third time in five weeks, this time at a "halfway station" such as Malta. Smith, under such heavy strain that he often spoke in broken, half-finished sentences, refused, then called in his own Cabinet to await Wilson's final reply...
...same day Alcoa President John D. Harper hurried from Pittsburgh to McNamara's mammoth third-floor office in the Pentagon's guarded E ring, began negotiating for a truce. Harper was back in the Pentagon the next day, too, and he and McNamara also spoke several times by telephone. At 8:35 p.m. on Wednesday, Harper phoned McNamara from Pittsburgh to surrender: Alcoa would cancel its price boosts. Lest the company change its mind overnight, McNamara called in newsmen for a 9:45 conference, acting so quickly that he had no time either to shave...
Salisbury spoke to 350 educators on "Big City Politics and the Schools" at the Fogg Large Lecture Hall last night. The lecture, the first of three Alfred Dexter Simpson Lectures, will be published next fall. "The Federal Poverty Program is intriguing," Salisbury said, "because it provides money for education unevenly," and because it answers the needs of the impoverished classes directly...
...pervaded the announcement from start to finish. Hav- ing decided that 8 p.m. would be the most propitious hour to make it, le grand Charles called radio and television crews into the Elysee Palace's Salle des Fetes two hours before that. Then, for eight minutes, he spoke forcefully and eloquently into the cameras and microphones. After an instant replay to assure that the proper grandeur had been captured, De Gaulle drank a champagne toast with the 25 technicians, then ordered them not to leave the premises until broadcast time-to ensure that the decision would not leak...
...successful candidates, only Mrs. Hicks did any campaigning. But she plugged Eisenstadt, Lee, O'Connor, and McDonough whenever she got the chance. She spoke ominously of "busing all over the city," encouraging the casual bigots' fears that their children might someday be bused into Negro neighborhood schools, although law requires that parents give permission before their children can be transported...