Word: weekend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...more important, an explanation of the next steps the Administration plans for resolving the dispute with Moscow were expected this Monday evening, when the President was scheduled to make a nationally televised address. To prepare for the speech, Carter continued to consult with his top aides throughout the weekend. Vance canceled a scheduled appearance at Yale University and called off a trip to Panama so he would be available for talks. He had been planning to join Vice President Mondale at the ceremonies that will turn over most of the Canal Zone to the Panamanians...
...seven were closeted at CIA headquarters at Langley, Va., scrutinizing the data on the Soviet troops in Cuba and cross-examining U.S. intelligence chiefs. Over the weekend the seven and the other members (including former Secretaries of State Dean Rusk and Henry Kissinger) were to receive a thorough briefing on Vance's talks with the Soviets. Then they planned to huddle with Carter and top White House aides. Although the process seems time consuming, the outside experts would not be asked to reach a consensus, but would be used as a sounding board for Administration officials...
...Mass in Washington, with an estimated 1 million people praying with him, will provide a momentous end to the Pope's journey, which began last weekend when he left Rome aboard a specially equipped Aer Lingus jumbo jet bearing the name Naomh Padraig (Gaelic for Saint Patrick). Aboard the 747 were some 180 church officials and journalists and 16 stewardesses...
...held three secret meetings between Feb. 21 and April 4, 1970. On a weekend or holiday, to provide better cover, I would leave Washington on one of the presidential fleet of Boeing 707s. It would land at Avord, a French air force base in central France. My plane would touch down just long enough to let me off; it would then proceed to Frankfurt's Rhein-Main Airport. I would have transferred meanwhile to a Mystère 20 executive jet belonging to President Pompidou for the flight to Villacoublay Airport, a field for private airplanes near Paris...
...high school Bromberg studied chess three hours a week, played chess for five hours and spent one weekend every two or three months at tournaments. He added he placed fifth in the National High School Chess Championship. Bromberg said he has let his chess-playing drop in college. "You grow up," he said. "I don't think too much time should be devoted to a game...