Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Oberman, who was in Rome for the first five weeks of the Council, spoke at the Catholie Student Center. He is a member of the Reform Church of Holland...
...young doctor living in a suburb of Dallas wrote to his brother-in-law this week: "Joan and I are stunned, ashamed, and depressed.... This community bears a justifiable guilt, and we who stood around and listened to the trash--fearing a reprisal or a 'tag' if we spoke out--perhaps are the most guilty." It remains to be seen whether his feeling of anguish and shame is wide-spread, and strong enough to have a permanent effect on the public stance of Southern moderates...
Everywhere, bars, cafes and restaurants emptied long before closing time. Strangers spoke to each other in short, simple phrases-"Poor Jackie," or "How awful," or "It can't be true." The phones of Americans abroad never ceased ringing, as foreign friends and acquaintances -or even total strangers-called to offer sympathy. The streets in front of U.S. embassies were jammed with mourners who stood in line for hours to write their names in books of condolence. Some brought flowers, but many searched out an American diplomat merely to shake his hand...
When the Soviet President addressed a joint session of the Majlis last week, he confidently cooed that "at present, no clouds of misunderstanding darken the relations between Iran and the Soviet Union." But even as Brezhnev spoke, excited deputies whispered the latest news: 18 miles inside the Iranian border, three Soviet jets had shot down an unarmed Iranian plane on a photographic mapping mission for the Shah's land reform program, killing the Iranian surveyors. Unaware of the incident, amid cold stares from his audience, Brezhnev droned on, demonstrating once again the perils of what the Kremlin calls peace...
Strong Base. At the same time, no one really expects Johnson to depart far from the economic policies of the Kennedy Administration. Charles Wellman, president of Los Angeles' First Charter Financial Corp., spoke for many businessmen: "President Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson thought alike on most issues. In a short while there will be a return to the status quo in the economy." Most businessmen expect Johnson to continue his longtime emphasis on expansive defense spending. They also expect him to push a tax cut, and feel that his legislative abilities may improve its chances of passing...