Word: presentation
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...feels that the narrowness of his election victory forbids any violent veering in the nation's course, and that, if he received a mandate at all, it was for moderation. He is even relieved by being free to shrug off Democratic extremist elements. The Kennedy Administration plans to present only five or six major pieces of legislation-all dealing with domestic matters and specifically including a minimum-wage increase and medical care for the aged-to the opening Congress...
...moment in the life and times of John Fitzgerald Kennedy: the baptism of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. As the Rev. Martin J. Casey, S.J., pastor of Holy Trinity Church, intoned the words, John Jr. was held by Godmother Martha Bartlett, wife of Chattanooga Times Reporter Charles Bartlett, who was present as a stand-in for Godfather Prince Stanislas Radziwill, husband of Jackie's sister and away in London. Jackie Kennedy was predictably proud of her tiny (6 Ib. 3 oz.) son, dressed in the christening gown his father had worn 43 years ago. "Look, Jack," she whispered, "hasn...
...Army. Present strength is 172,000, the 1961 target 210,000 to 220,000. The seven German divisions in NATO, says Strauss, are intermeshed "like a Zipper" along the theoretical line of battle with British, Dutch, American and French divisions. Though the German army already has 3,000 U.S.-built tanks, Strauss plans to replace them with a lighter, faster, lower model to be produced jointly with the Italians and French. The army's other key vehicle, in conformity with the German World War II doctrine that infantrymen should ride straight into combat, is an armored personnel carrier (powered...
...also required to list the names of all organizations, with inclusive dates, to which he has belonged since he was 16 years old. On demand, he must give his present monthly income, the amount of cash deposited in banks and an estimate of the value of his other assets. Said a British applicant: "It made me feel like a refugee from Dragnet." In defense of the system a U.S. consul in The Netherlands said, "If we abolished the visa tomorrow, 20,000 Filipinos and 20,000 Italians would travel to the U.S. without a penny in their pockets...
...seeking recognition in our non-leftist society. The first seeks to comment on the society along inoffensive, or at least familiarly offensive lines (witness Mort Sahl, or more significantly, George Bernard Shaw). The other type, which includes men like Seeger and Charlie Chaplin, issue more fundamental challenges to our present values...