Word: accomplishes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Premier to take a stand. "The government can not take any side without splitting the country," said Karami, abruptly submitting his resignation. That presented President Charles Helou with the task of finding someone to form a government of "national unity" to end the unrest. But the only way to accomplish that would be for the new government to endorse freedom of action for the fedayeen, at least in principle, drawing Lebanon inexorably into the conflict with Israel...
Even until 1965, the military received relatively clear missions and the means to accomplish them. It also enjoyed more public respect and fatter appropriations than in any previous generation. It had defeated Germany and Japan, saved West Berlin, held South Korea, helped contain the Russians at the Iron Curtain, constructed an awesome nuclear arsenal, and performed numerous lesser chores successfully...
Even though such drastic measures so far seem unlikely, the Big Four would accomplish a lot if they achieved unity among themselves. But the results of last week's proceeding in the Security Council were hardly encouraging. As they have done for months, Russia and France both voted to condemn Israel for an airstrike on Jordan while taking no note whatsoever of the raids from Jordan that provoked the Israeli retaliation. The U.S. and Britain? They abstained...
Many Fingers. Foreman's formidable advocacy eventually convinced his own client. "I never expected or hoped or had an idea," the lawyer confessed, "that I would be able to accomplish anything but save this man's life." To this end, Foreman did his best to scotch talk of a conspiracy, fearing that it would hurt his client's case...
...march through such a large city with several thousand people and feel free and powerful with them. We were a community ad we talked together as we moved along. Here within the heartland of the city-land I was finally feeling at home a little. We did not accomplish much; but the thing that made it so poignant for me, even now, was that I have been to New York on five separate occasions and I cannot remember ever having spoken to anyone of the ten millions who live there while on the streets...