Word: visitant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...possibility of his retirement. According to White House Press Secretary George Christian, Lady Bird "thought it best that her husband step out after one elected term?but she didn't pressure him. She's not that kind of woman." She did nudge him from time to time. During one visit to retired Congressman Carl Vinson, who returned to Georgia after 50 years in the House, she said: "See, Lyndon, there's a man who can leave Washington and be happy...
...quickly agreed to the get-together. It was their first formal session since the bitter 45-minute confrontation in the White House 14 months ago, when the President angrily lashed out at Bobby for having fostered rumors that he had received a Viet Nam peace feeler during a European visit. Now, in an hour-long meeting described by both sides as "cordial," Johnson briefed Kennedy on the crises confronting the nation and told him, in effect: "If you want to assume this burden and if the people want you to, why should I stand...
...result of the bombing, said General William Westmoreland, the U.S. had won the battle of Khe Sanh. Spiraling in by helicopter for a quick visit to the base just before his trip to Washington, Westmoreland declared: "We took 220 killed at Khe Sanh and about 800 wounded and evacuated. The enemy by my count has suffered at least 15,000 dead in the area." General Giap may well have been glad to see the men of Pegasus approaching Khe Sanh. Pegasus not only relieved the Marines of Khe Sanh; it also relieved the Communists of a siege that they could...
...13th day of the Persian New Year, when evil spirits descend upon the cities and city dwellers flee to the countryside to have a picnic lunch beside a running stream. Thus there were no cheering crowds when Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin came to Teheran for a week-long state visit. But no difference: Kosygin was more than welcome. After years of nearly total dependence on the West, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi is turning his country increasingly toward Russia, his once hostile northern neighbor, seeking friendship, trade and backing for his ambitious industrial development plans. At the same time, his relations...
...that of an uneducated, lazy, somewhat backward mass of people. These people, many Israelis believed, would act differently towards Israel if only they knew better and were told the "truth." Now reality has caught up with both sides. The new encounter has blotted out many of the stereoypes. A visit to the West Bank confirms this...