Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seventh-floor office on Manhattan's West Side, a glacially handsome man spoke coldly about his situation. Said Bertram Anthony Powers, 40, president of Local No. 6 ("Big Six") of the International Typographical Union: "All this pressure and complaint was expected. Management is always right and we're always wrong. That's the way strikes are. I'm not bothered...
...conference that "we are going to get the tax cut." Although there are differences of opinion about details, he said, "there is a consensus that there should be a tax cut." In a speech before Wall Street security analysts, Presidential Economic Adviser Walter W. Heller made the same point, spoke of the "remarkable consensus which developed in 1962 on the economy's need for a federal...
Through it all, Betancourt has gone a long way toward building a new foundation for an oil-rich nation that has long been victimized by a succession of dictators. Betancourt spoke a proud boast in Washington last week: "For the first time in Venezuela's history as a republic, a freely elected President has completed four years of his term in office." He seems a good bet to complete his full five years, and politically strong enough to influence the choice of a successor next year to carry on one of Latin America's most successful programs...
Johnson, a former ambassador to Thailand, spoke to an HRIRC audience on the developing nations of Africa and Asia. He said nationalism and the desire for independence are the only factors uniting the otherwise dissimilar nations, and praised the "pragmatism" of these countries in accepting both American and Russian aid. He added that the form of the government they develop does not matter as long as it is based on the consent of the people...
House members are forbidden to attack one another personally, but Delaware's Republican Senator John J. Williams recently spoke for many of Powell's colleagues in a scorching denunciation of Powell on the Senate floor. Citing a federal grant of $250,000 to a Powell-sponsored project to fight juvenile delinquency in Harlem. Williams declared that Powell "could well be recognized as an authority on 'adult delinquency.' but most certainly he is not the caliber of man whom the American people would want to set an example for the youth of our country...