Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Thursday the scene shifted to the neoclassical 19th century building, once the Lithuanian embassy, that is now the Soviet mission. For more than two hours Vance and Gromyko spoke privately, with only their interpreters, in a small room dominated by an oil portrait of Brezhnev. One issue that remained unresolved was the problem of the Soviets' Backfire bomber, which Moscow says should not be included in the SALT ceilings because it does not have the range at present to attack the U.S. The U.S. argues that it could be adapted for long-range use and wants written restrictions...
According to an FBI internal memo released last week, Presley showed up at FBI headquarters when he visited Washington in 1970 and offered his services. Elvis, according to Research Chief M.A. Jones, who spoke with him, was peeved at the Beatles for their "filthy, unkempt appearance and suggestive music." Jones further quoted him as saying that "the Smothers Brothers, Jane Fonda and other persons in the entertainment industry of their ilk have a lot to answer for in the hereafter for the way they have poisoned young minds by disparaging the United States in public statements and unsavory activities...
...Naah, I mean a dime for two nickels," the idiot replied, inadvertantly spitting pieces of ice cream cone and spittle all over Bobby's green work-pants as he spoke. Bobby grimaced, looked at him with a twisted faceful of disgust, "You mean two nickels for a dime...
...Butterfield also earned a reputation as a social activist, who spoke out often on the Vietnam War. Kirsti Gamage, the current secretary of Social Studies, said yesterday she remembers her "delight on going to the Registrar's Office and seeing this lovely lady who had attached a poster of Chairman Mao to the wall...
There was jazz in Lincoln Center, where Singer Betty Carter-a vamp of a figure in black lace with a husky, sweet-toned voice that recalls Billie Holiday -was singing a tribute to the blues. "I must have music, music," Carter, 48, half crooned, half spoke, swaying to the beat of her trio with eyes closed. Throttling down to slow, slow low notes that seemed to float in the air forever-the crowd hanging on breathlessly-she would suddenly take off, sliding up the scale as fast as any sax to land on a sultry, slightly off-center note. With...