Word: afterthought
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kissinger's latest Asian swing included three days (19 hours of meetings) in Hanoi and four days (21½ hours of meetings) in Peking, but he stopped in Japan for only a day (2½ hours of meetings), and it seemed almost like an afterthought...
When pioneering publisher Joseph Pulitzer established the prizes, he hoped that they would have the effect of inspiring young journalists and generally raising the level of American journalism. But when he was drawing up his will, it occurred to him almost as an afterthought that some of his fortune might be used to establish awards for excellence in journalism. "Incidentally," he wrote. "I strongly wish the College [Columbia] to pay from the large income I am providing, a sum of | | in annual prizes to particular journalists or writers for various accomplishments, achievements and forms of excellence...
...leave the country. Later he softened the blow a bit, however, by announcing that some aid employees could stay on until their contracts expire, provided that they can pass a "screening" next month to satisfy Big Daddy that they are not "subversives" or "confusing agents." Amin's afterthought should help a little; immediate expulsion of all British specialists, on top of the mass departure of skilled Asians, would force most hospitals and high schools in the country to shut down for lack of staff...
...might be too much for him to handle if he was to return to power in next year's election. Asked how long Peron plans to stay if he actually does return, an aide said that "it could be for a few days or for good." As a waffling afterthought, he added: "It will not be for a few hours...
...them. Nicaragua promptly challenged Colombia's right to claim the islets as its own. In response, Colombian Defense Minister Hernando Currea Cubides, accompanied by military escorts in two destroyers, showed his country's flag around Serrana. As it happens, he did so more or less as an afterthought. The Colombian ships could not find Quita Sueño, which apparently was under water at the time, and the seas were too rough for the voyagers to make a beachhead on Roncador...