Word: accords
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Back) in the elevator, the minutes passed, I searched frantically for an exit, and we never said a word. Did I pass out? Did the elevator eventually start of its own accord, as the Gods had determined that they had played with me enough? I only know that I somehow made it through that day, that year, and I now see her on the street and smile foolishly, and she walks past, sailing indomitably onwards in that world of hers where embarrassed boys never talk to you and elevators never break down...
...continue to reject through humor rather than accept through humor for as long as they need the Law as straight man. This is why the grey agreement reached last week between the administration, HRBSA, and the Lampoon will not be adhered to by the members of the Lampoon, except according to the letter. As an organization within an organization, the Lampoon must adhere to the agreement, but as a spiritual entity whose purpose is anarchy, the Lampoon must reject any accord with the world at large...
...placed a relatively high ceiling on the number of various nuclear weapons each side could deploy and did not call for significant dismantling of any existing arms. The U.S. would prefer to cut those limits further and ban various types of technological improvements on permissible systems. Some accord is urgent since the SALT I agreement of 1972, which limited defensive nuclear weapons systems (antiballistic missiles), will run out in October...
...that can be expected at Geneva is what Warnke calls "some sort of a synthesis" of these positions. He told TIME that the Soviets have floated an idea to limit the testing of new missiles and that this would "make a big difference" in the bargaining. If some such accord is reached, more drastic limitations could be reserved for an anticipated SALT III agreement-and U.S.-Soviet relations would be back on a closer course. A stalemate at Geneva, however, would signal a deep and not easily repairable disintegration of that troubled experiment known as detente...
Well anyway, we know the reason why it doesn't. But if you listen to the most recent McCoy Tyner stuff you will have to accord him a position much larger than the small niche of jazz master. Tyner has pioneered his own style of romantic piano, a sound that has come into its own within the last three years, and totally asserts itself in his latest album, Focal Point...