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Kety said he agreed to be an American advisor at the request of Eccles, a Nobel Laureate and Kety's close friend, who originally wanted him to chair a session of the conference, which is scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend in Washington...
...Swords. Into this yeasty confusion Byron injected himself at the request of English philhellenes-as Howarth puts it, a "shrivelled, dyspeptic, doom-ridden little man" of 36, forlornly in love with his page. He had no military experience, but he had equipped himself with gold, scarlet and green uniforms and at least ten swords. He was courted ardently by all of the Greek factions, not because he was a great poet or an English lord, Howarth writes, and certainly not because he seemed to have some notion of leading the Greeks in battle, but because he had brought with...
Pilot: Quebec ground, JVH at hangar number three. Request taxi clearance. Over...
...Weatherman fugitive might be found in a New York apartment. With Malone's go-ahead, the supervisor then wrote to one of the bureau's assistant directors in Washington for approval of an investigation employing an "unorthodox" or "unusual" technique and promising "full security." Attached to the request was a detailed explanation of what was meant by full security. Recalled an FBI official: "The explanation made it plain that what was suggested was a black bag job and included the physical layout of the target and the schedule of the security men, if there were any." Headquarters...
...morning to 4 in the afternoon, only to be told to come back the next day, when more bodies would be brought in. Headmasters at Soweto schools asked for permission to hold a mass funeral for the dead Soweto schoolchildren on July 3. Even that simple request seemed likely to be turned down by white authorities. Their grounds: it might prove inflammatory...