Word: approachement
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...something. When in 1965 he won election as city comptroller ? the city's second most powerful office ? it was fashionable for sassy reformers to ask: "What is a Mario Procaccino?" His answer: a Mario Procaccino is a tough, shrewd operator who treated his average-man approach...
...does not accuse the mayor of being too friendly with blacks; he blames Lindsay's policies for causing "an upsurge of anti-Semitism." He decries the nightstick approach to crime, but he wants teen-agers accused of violent crimes to be treated like adult offenders, and he wants narcotics addicts swept, from the streets and held without bail when possible. He is skeptical about school decentralization. When accused of racism, he explodes: "That's the dirtiest thing I've seen done in a long time." When he uses the term "law and order," he insists, "The words are not shorthand...
...some 35 million voters went to the polls throughout the Federal Republic this week, that was the most intriguing question of all. The basic choice was between a party that promised to abide by the tested ways of the past and one that offered a more innovative approach to the future. In the five general elections since World War II, West German voters unfailingly opted for security, a penchant that has given two decades of unbroken rule to the Christian Democratic Union of Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger. As the current campaign unfolded, however, it seemed that many West Germans might...
...Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad was understood to say that his country would negotiate directly with Israel-even before the Israelis withdrew from Arab lands. Later Riad denied saying anything about direct talks, but he did say that Israel and Egypt were engaged in "Rhodes-type" negotiations. This approach was used in the 1948-49 peace talks on the island of Rhodes, where the Arabs and Israelis, for the record at least, never directly faced each other. Proposals were shuttled between the two sides by Dr. Ralph Bunche-a role that could now be played by Dr. Gunnar Jarring of Sweden...
...choice invoved. One may be seduced by the securrity of a haven into a life of bored housewifery. Or if power is your game. you may choose the emaculating Big Mama costume. If neither of these appeals, you can give up both power and security with the "loose broad" approach. Even the "enlightened" wife who keeps her career finds that her husband's work takes precedence over hers and winds up completely frustrated and unsatisfied. Russian Roulette with six bullets is not much of a game...