Word: ams
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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His facility at digesting official dossiers became legendary and led to his own decision-making shorthand style. "Vu" meant seen but waiting for better arguments. "Soit" meant so be it, but not the best solution. "Oui" meant O.K., but he still had reservations. Only the best dossiers got a "D...
Poher soon joined the opposition, too. On April 17, his 60th birthday, he announced on a national television program that he rejected De Gaulle's propositions. After that, Poher crisscrossed France by auto, train and plane to argue against them in person. His home-folks approach on the hustings...
Demanding Fukki. Both in Tokyo and the Okinawan capital of Naha, Okinawans held demonstrations too, but of a far more purposeful and peaceful nature. In Naha, about 20,000 showed up to hear Chief Executive Chobyo Yara and Shinei Kyan, head of the Council for the Return of Okinawa Prefecture...
Admitting that their campaign slogan would undoubtedly produce a "blip-blip" on TV, Author Norman Mailer and Writer Jimmy Breslin formally announced their respective candidacies for New York City mayor and city council president. What's more, they were serious about it. "We are sentimental about the past," said...
Who am I to write a book? I don't know. I'm just writing it. You're just reading it. Let's not worry about it.