Word: minnesota
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Vice President decided to take leave of government entirely, Nixon called on his own experience to make the move a bit easier. Remembering his dejection at having to travel back to California aboard a commercial aircraft in 1960, the President arranged for Humphrey and his wife to arrive in Minnesota aboard a presidential 707 Air Force jet-a bigger plane than he normally commanded as Vice President...
...scheduled March seminars and meetings to investigate the possibilities. Many of them, however, have rejected the idea of accompanying research stoppages. Yale University scientists will sponsor two panel discussions as part of a program called "The Scientist and Society: a day of reflection." Faculty members at the University of Minnesota are drawing up a statement opposing the ABM system for presentation at their meeting, which may also be addressed by Minnesota Congressman Donald Fraser. Physicist Edward Condon, his flying saucer investigation completed, is heading a University of Colorado seminar. "I have no idea what will come of it other than...
...team, defending champions of the European Cup title, basquetbol has become a way of life. Clifford Luyk, 27, a 6-ft. 8-in. center from the University of Florida who was lured away from the New York Knicks by a touring Madrid scout, and Wayne Brabender, 23, from Montevideo, Minnesota, have both become Spanish citizens. "It was not for political reasons or anything like that," says Brabender. "But I like the life here and have lots of friends." More typical of the U.S. players abroad is Brabender's teammate, Miles Aiken, 27, a center from St. Bonaventure. He regards...
...fascinating interview with Senator Eugene McCarthy, the Express team quotes the Minnesota Democrat as having told Robert Kennedy before New Hampshire: "I think I have a chance. But I must have a clear run. You can have it all in 1972. But in return I want you to leave it to me in 1968." Bobby flatly promised to stay out, McCarthy told the British newsmen, and had he stuck to his word, "not only would he almost certainly be alive today but most probably he would have emerged as President of the United States...
...discourse of their wives-and vice versa. Why do these highly disciplined attempts at human dialogue fail? The reason, says Abraham Kaplan, a professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, is that they are not really dialogues at all. Before a conference on human and animal communication at Minnesota's Gustavus Adolphus College this month, Kaplan introduced his own word for all those human occasions when everybody talks and nobody listens. He calls them "duologues...