Word: gaspard
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...candidates for the novitiate are Gaspard (Don) d'Andelot Belin and Thomas Coates. Brother-in-law of McGeorge Bundy (former Dean of the College), Belin is a Yale graduate, a member of the law firm of Choate, Hall, & Stewart, and a very active participant in Cambridge projects. Coates, a lawyer with John Hancock, is a member of the NAACP and has also been very active in the community...
...country was dumfounded. Outgoing Premier Ahmed Daouk pleaded wet-eyed for 90 minutes. Interior Minister Edmond Gaspard cried: "Had I the power, I would deny you the right to resign." Two prominent politicians got the news at bathing beaches and, dragging their robes, galloped across the sand to the nearest telephones. Shopkeepers in Che-hab's home town of Jounieh closed down to protest the resignation, and churches of his faith (Maronite Roman Catholic) tolled their bells in sorrow. Politicians kept Chehab's telephone jangling and pounded on the door of his Jounieh home...