Word: sargent
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1970
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
President Nixon's financial pinching had apparently squeezed the life out of the Cambridge Electronics Research Center, but a little political arm twisting yesterday by Massachusetts Governor Francis W. Sargent may have revived the facility...
With this in mind, Sargent spoke to Nixon and presidential advisors John D. Ehrlichman and Bryce Harlow in Washington yesterday about the possibilities of keeping the center in operation for some sort of government activity. After the 30 minute meeting, Sargent said he was "very much encouraged" by Nixon's commitment to "explore all avenues" to find some new federal research for the center...
...stained-glass glories of Louis IX's exquisite Sainte-Chapelle framed a special service that one guest called "visually the most beautiful Christmas Eve Mass I've ever been to." With permission from France's Minister of Culture, U.S. Ambassador Sargent Shriver invited friends, fellow diplomats and their families to worship in the tiny national museum on Paris' Ile de la Cité. The celebrants wore vestments designed by Matisse, and the Met's Anna Moffo sang sacred music at what may well have been the first midnight Mass at Sainte-Chapelle since the time...