Word: anxious
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even as Managua still smoldered, the Somoza regime began pondering reconstruction. Money posed no great problem; the Nixon Administration, which is anxious to burnish Washington's tarnished image in Latin America, would almost certainly be eager to help bankroll the building of a new capital. But where? Managua was now a three-time loser, it was true, but Leon, the country's second city (pop. 50,000), also lies in an earthquake zone...
...Anxious to quiet its Western Europe borders, Russia had been diligently courting Willy Brandt and other leaders in the hope of solidifying the status quo in Europe. But the Washington-Peking tie also made a U.S.-Soviet thaw imperative from Moscow's standpoint, which is precisely what Nixon and Kissinger had planned. In a sense, Nixon vaulted over the Western Europeans to establish his goal: improved ties with Russia. From this triangular power play emerged continued improvements in relations and slowly expanding trade with China, and the series of agreements, including a massive trade pact, with Russia. It opened...
...cynic must allow no one to exceed him; parity begins at home. That home can be designed by one of the world's great architects-Marcel Breuer. At 70, Breuer is not anxious to design houses. He will take on a dwelling, says his office, "if it allows him to explore new ideas." Such exploration would necessarily include "a nice site and a client who is not only nice but who will also allow construction without an economic struggle." Breuer's value is universally acknowledged. His price: 15% of the building's cost, the standard commission charged...
...with funds from the new federal crime-fighting "Impact" grant, he decided to put the idea to the test. In a program he called Overtime Foot Patrol Camp began last June to field 24 foot patrolmen during the week and 50 on weekends from a long list of volunteers anxious to work in their spare time; he deployed them in pairs in the city's high-crime areas, most of which are within a few miles of Gaslight Square. Each pair was given about three blocks to cover, with instructions to avoid predictable patterns and to keep as high...
EVEN as the U.S.S.R. reaches westward to conclude agreements on commerce and cooperation with the U.S. and Europe, the Kremlin has seemed increasingly anxious to prevent détente from penetrating Soviet borders. Since Richard Nixon's visit to Moscow last May, the screws have been clamped ever tighter on expressions of dissent in Russia. Now some Western observers think that the Soviets are poised on the brink of the most massive crackdown since Stalin's death...