Word: almosts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...crowd, was a man who had always been suspicious of the show of religion in statecraft. Still, touched by the spiritual nature of the day's events, he found himself wishing that Carter would say grace, something that has never been done in memory at a state dinner. Almost as if there had been thought transference. Carter then announced that he wanted to say a prayer. The astonished Clifford bowed his head...
...could argue that the money was not well spent: the party was as joyous as the occasion. Reports TIME White House Correspondent Christopher Ogden: "None of the warmth or festiveness was lost in the cavernous, 45-ft.-high tent, which somehow, perhaps because of the informal table hopping, seemed almost cozy. The candelabra on the tent poles created a romantic mood, almost like that of a college prom. It was comfortable, pleasant and fun, but not ostentatious...
Nearly as significant is the way the treaty and the long negotiations have drawn the U.S. into Middle Eastern affairs. Says Johns Hopkins Political Scientist Robert W. Tucker: "It's not merely a peace that is backed by the Americans; it's a peace that almost has been created by the Americans. It can only stand up if the Carter Administration is prepared to act accordingly." Tucker favors a Marshall-Carter plan to give Egypt the necessary economic help to preserve its political stability...
...winter, Callaghan's popularity had been severely damaged, while the new "concordat" struck between the Labor government and the unions was widely regarded as a sham. The settlements sabotaged Callaghan's principal economic policy, a 5% wage-increase ceiling. The failure of the devolution referendums was an almost lethal blow to the government's authority and esteem. In a scathing attack on Labor, Thatcher said: "Whether or not they manage a few more abject months or weeks or even hours in office, the results will almost certainly be the same. Labor has passed the point...
...Mother of Parliaments, last week's vote was a moment of almost unparalleled suspense. The dimly lit House overflowed as members crowded every inch of the green-padded benches or sat informally on the floor. In the galleries, peers from the House of Lords stood jammed together like asparagus stalks, while Tory wives watched like Upstairs, Downstairs'aristocracy, waiting for the vote that might cast them and their husbands once again into the front ranks. In the seven-hour debate that preceded the motion, Thatcher led off with a crisp but low-keyed assault on Callaghan for mismanaging...