Word: visitant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...short supply, the phones and elevators unreliable-but the Vice President himself was making harmonious headway toward the Democratic nomination. Maryland's 49-vote delegation adopted a unit rule over the protests of Kennedy and McCarthy supporters, virtually assuring Humphrey of all 49 votes. In a brief visit to New York City, Humphrey sat down to luncheon with a group of Wall Streeters, walked off with pledges of some $750,000 in campaign contributions. With backing from such moneymen as Sidney J. Weinberg of Goldman, Sachs & Co.; John L. Loeb of Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co.; John Connor...
...keeping his options open, hinting at his Washington press conference that he might not campaign for the party this year if the ticket does not suit him. "I would not want to go into that matter at this time," he told a reporter. "I'll be glad to visit with you about it after the convention and we see what the situation...
...Russians also fear that Dubček will turn to the West for the economic aid that he badly needs. Thus a prime topic of conversation during Dubček's visit to Moscow was an unusual Soviet offer of $300 million or more worth of credit in hard currency. Dubček will no doubt gladly take the money, but he is also eager to make sure that the Russians do not revert from the carrot to the stick and cut off the oil and raw-material shipments upon which his country depends. As a hedge against...
Last week, after a visit to Biafra to check on the extent of the bombing, TIME Correspondent Alan Grossman emerged from the embattled territory and filed this report...
Visitors are always told to keep back from the cages, but Britain's Prince Philip was too curious to be cautious. He pressed up close to the bar for a good look at the orangutans during his visit to the London Zoo. At that precise moment, one of the apes-Napoleon by name-relieved himself in the direction of His Royal Highness. Later, at a luncheon for the Royal Zoological Society, Philip apologized for "any faint whiff of animal which might be emanating from my end of the room. We have just been visiting some orangutans," said...