Word: abruptly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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White House officials approached the Camp David summit in more personal and psychological terms. While they have been angered by Israeli intransigence over the settlements, they have also been concerned about Sadat's abrupt and somewhat emotional withdrawal from the Foreign Ministers' talks in Jerusalem. Thus Carter was expected to praise Sadat's initiatives and urge him to work more patiently in low-key bargaining. Beyond that, U.S. officials felt it was important to strengthen Sadat's morale. Explained one insider: "We've simply got to give him the confidence that we're going to stick with it. At best...
...Carle, Curry and Greis teaming up late in the first half and early in the second to put things away for Harvard. But after a good night's sleep, Harvard's hopes came to an abrupt end with the entrance of the top-seeded Tigers...
...victims, people hate to cancel a picnic on account of rain, and yet they often cheer when the weather brings human activity to an abrupt standstill. Very few people are like Blaise Pascal, who insisted: "The weather and my mood have little connection." Most feel that the weather indeed affects their moods, and yet a gloomy day does not necessarily mean a gloomy disposition for all: a book before the hearth, an afternoon of tinkering in the basement or an extended visit to the local bar pleases some people as well as the brightest sun. And at least one study...
...film's ending is too abrupt, however, and fails to bring Tony's development to a realistic conclusion. It is all too clear that after two hours, director John Badham had decided he should bring the movie to a close. So after a particularly wild night at the disco, Tony and some friends are driving over the Verrazano bridge, a favorite latenight haunt. Stephanie has just dumped Tony, telling him she never really loved him, that she was only trying out "her act" on him. Bobby, the youngest of Tony's gang, is despondent because his girlfriend is pregnant. Everyone...
Sadat was applauded both when he walked to the podium and when he finished his address?almost unprecedented in the Knesset. His insistence on full return of the occupied territories chilled the atmosphere somewhat, but there was no abrupt foreshortening of his schedule. Later in the day he met with members of Israel's opposition parties and had a working dinner with Begin at which more substantive issues were discussed than the speeches covered...