Word: wente
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...went. When he was questioned about the worldwide role of the U.S., McCarthy conceded that the nation had "clear obligations," both moral and legal, to a number of countries; he specifically cited India, Japan, Israel and, surprisingly, Formosa. But he emphasized that in any area of the world where the nation's commitments are less binding, the U.S. should very cautiously balance possible losses against anticipated gains. Kennedy was far less precise, at least three times reiterated his campaign axiom that while the U.S. could not honestly ignore its international responsibilities, "I don't think...
Both professed deep concern for the poor, and particularly for Negroes. When McCarthy complained about a congressional cutback in funds for public housing, Kennedy went him one better by declaring that public housing is a failure anyway and repeated his belief in greater involvement by the private sector...
...exams at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. The youngest McCarthy, the Senator's self-styled "secret weapon," is Margaret, 12, who has already made her contribution by addressing a New York group called "Living Kids for McCarthy." When Mrs. McCarthy asked her daughter how the speech went, Margaret said disgustedly: "They didn't ask me about any really important issues...
Maccoby and Abrams, released from their place of imprisonment in upstate New York, did not return directly to Cambridge. Instead they went to the headquarters of the Russian delegation to the U.N. at 680 Park Ave. in New York. They presented the lbis to the Russians on behalf of the Lampoon in hopes that the bird would be able to reside on top of one of the spires of Moscow University in the Kremlin. In a rare press conference, Semyon K. Tsarapkin, Deputy Representative of the U.S.S.R. to the U.N., accepted the lbis as a symbol of good-will between...
When two years went by without a peep from the lbis, a classified ad appeared in the Crimson on October 5, 1963: "IBIS. Local Bird lover seeks large metal one last seen stop building on Bow Street. Send information to Crimson Box 3447. Confidential. No questions aked...