Word: topicalities
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...offices -- the editors of Three Thirty One have managed to miss much of what was significant this year. Dean Monro's resignation and his Miles College appointment rate only a few paragraphs as does Dean Glimp's appointment as Dean of the College. Undergraduate anxiety about the draft, a topic which might have produced a nice mood piece, is barely mentioned. The only articles that seem to have any relevance to developments this year are a piece on the Kennedy Institute, and one on the rise of student film-making...
...Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Texas and a Rhodes scholar, Morris has long breathed the breezes of freewheeling dissent that blow through Austin. For two years, he edited the controversial Texas Observer, which startled and infuriated many Texans with its outspoken views on almost any topic. Joining Morris on the staff will be two new contributing editors: David Halberstam, 33, a foreign correspondent for the New York Times, and Larry King, 38, a freelancer who has written extensively for Harper's. Managing Editor Russell Lynes is being replaced by Senior Editor Robert Kotlowitz, 42. Like Fischer, Lynes...
...them could have had more pride than is mine in representing the gallant men fighting in Viet Nam today." Congress broke in to applaud him - and did so 19 times during his 28-minute speech. He drew an ovation when he touched, ever so lightly, on the delicate topic of antiwar protests. "In evaluating the enemy strategy, it is evident to me that he believes our Achilles heel is our resolve," said Westmoreland. "Your continued strong support is vital to the success of our mission." But he roused his audience to its greatest enthusiasm when, toward the very...
...take place in Rome some time this month to mark the tenth anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. Charles de Gaulle will be there. And, though De Gaulle has insisted that Britain's Common Market bid not be placed on the agenda, it will obviously be the main topic of talk...
Kiesinger had barely mentioned the topic when Lyndon Johnson broke in. "I hear some German complaints that we haven't been consulting enough," he said. "Now I can't understand that. As a matter of fact, I have received more visitors lately from West Germany than from any other country." Unruffled. Kiesinger explained that what was lacking was not the quantity but the quality of the consultations. "I don't know what you mean," said the President, "I have the best Cabinet ministers there are-the finest Secretary of State and the finest Secretary of Defense." Kiesinger...