Word: wall
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...good job." He was fascinated by the perquisites of his office and his sudden access to the deepest secrets of government. He explored the White House, poked his head into offices, asked secretaries how they were getting along. He propped up pictures of his wife and children in office-wall niches, while Jackie rummaged through the cellar and attic, charmed with the treasures she found there and already determined to make the White House into a "museum of our country's heritage...
Kennedy had uttered such bold words before-but this time he intended to support them with action. The Communist Wall in Berlin caught the U.S. by surprise, and President Kennedy had no ready response. "There's no reason why we should do everything," he said. But he did decide, even if it meant war, to insist upon the maintenance of three basic Allied rights in Berlin: 1) the presence
Traditional Dishes. Though gloom is heavy on the West side of the Wall, it is thick enough to cut on the East. On Marx-Engels Platz. crowds wander through the "Christmas Market.'' a bright-painted hodgepodge of game booths, carrousels, sausage counters and Ferris wheels. The displays are trimmed with Tannenbaum branches and Christmas decorations, but the people remain grim and unconvivial. At the intersection of Wilhelmstrasse and Unter den Linden, knots of East Berliners gather to stare wistfully westward through the columns of the Brandenburg Gate. Murmured a bespectacled worker: "The Americans should have torn down...
...goose for Christmas Day. the cheery bunte Teller, plates piled high with fruit and marzipan, nuts and pastry. But West Berlin's authorities have banned the traditional New Year's Eve fireworks for fear some young people would lob the German equivalent of cherry bombs across the Wall into East Berlin and precipitate trouble. The Berlin mood last week was accurately reflected by a sardonic "Carol for Our Time" written by members of the press corps...
...BOOMING STOCKS. In years past, many Americans regarded the stock market primarily as a hedge against inflation. In 1961, even without that spur, Wall Street's bull knocked over one record after another, charged into the 720s on the Dow-Jones industrial index. On the New York Stock Exchange, a billion shares were sold, the biggest volume for any year since...