Word: conference
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...demise of leadership in America dates back nearly 40 years to the time when Franklin Roosevelt stumbled upon the concept that he could be President forever (almost) by having Government confer economic benefits upon the people. The sinister greed that lies beneath the surface in all of us came out in the open and, from that time on, we voted for whatever charlatans promised us the most. Change will come when, and only when, men of character, intelligence, charisma and courage rise up to tell us the truth about ourselves. We may have to wait a long time...
Last Thursday afternoon, two convicts named Otis D. Wilkerson (alias Robert Nathan Jones), 24, and Frank Gorham Jr., 25, were brought from the Washington, D.C., jail to the U.S. district courthouse to confer with their lawyer. Coincidentally, John D. Ehrlichman and three other defendants were on trial for their roles in the Ellsberg break-in on the second floor of the building. After a conference with their attorney, the two men, both of whom were serving lengthy sentences on charges ranging from armed robbery to conspiracy to kidnap, were returned to their cells in the basement. A short time later...
...present SALT I treaty, which limits only the number of missiles, the two leaders agreed to try to work out a comprehensive accord that would govern not only the quantity but also the quality of weaponry -the kind as well as the number of warheads and launchers. Negotiators will confer in Geneva in August and attempt to write a settlement that would begin in 1975 and run until...
...Council, Rosovsky says, should serve both as a cabinet to the dean and as an elected, representative body of the Faculty. He has sought--with success most say--to confer additional legitimacy to Council decisions by bringing it into the decision-making process. But this has had its problems...
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