Word: abets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mood of the participants. "They're really mad. I've heard people here actually talk about killing these so-called politicians. They figure they're traitors. Have not the Russians said they will bury us? And yet our Congressmen and Senators vote to aid and abet them. That's treason. They should be hanged- slowly...
...somewhat attenuated Teddy-doll: half-moon glasses, jabbing finger, troubles with the missus. And the sexual politics always have been a hallmark of the Kennedy mystique, even with the Senator's often embarrassing weight problem. The mimicry appears at just the right time to capitalize on, and possibly abet, the burgeoning Kennedy in '80 groundswell...
...jury disagreed. After a 14-day trial early this year, McShane was convicted on charges of attempting to "aid, abet, counsel or procure" her mother's suicide and passing dangerous drugs. She was sentenced to two years in prison...
...view of its sponsors, the report may offer the first firm clues to Carter's approach to a Third World policy. Human rights are stressed: "The United States should not in any way abet repressive actions or allow itself to be associated with brutally repressive governments." The report cautions against any attempt to dictate the form of Latin governments, but it strongly urges a cutoff of military aid to countries like Chile whose ruling regimes flagrantly violate civil liberties...
...made a toast. "The stark reality is not that détente has developed to a new stage, but that the danger of a new world war is mounting," Chiao told 300 listeners in Peking's Great Hall of the People. "To base oneself on illusions will only abet the ambitions of expansionists and lead to grave consequences. In the face of the growing danger of war, China's fundamental policy is to dig tunnels deep, store grain everywhere and never seek hegemony...