Word: awkwardness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Well-Loaded Pistol Is Cocked & Ready Whether the outcome for Laos is battle or bargaining, true Laotian independence depends ultimately on the U.S.'s ability to apply its power on short notice in an awkward area. This is how that power was poised last week...
...less developed nations into self-sustained economic growth" and nudge the rest toward that goal. The worst lay in Kennedy's verdict that the U.S. foreign aid program, after having passed out a walloping $85.8 billion in 15 years* is now one big mess-"bureaucratically fragmented, awkward and slow, its administration diffused over a haphazard and irrational structure" with "weaknesses that have begun to undermine confidence in our effort both here and abroad...
This is animal week at the Brattle. The hero of The Colt is, of course, as awkward a spindly-legged beast as ever pranced across the screen at a Saturday matinee. This should have tipped me off as to the identity of Mumu, but my suspicions began to subside as the second film got through half its length without paying undue attention to any of the barnyard animals that lurked in the background. But, finally, Mumu turned out to be a puppy, and vindicated my hypothesis...
Macmillan's compromise is sure to dissatisfy the Asian and African leaders, who will have some awkward explanations to make to their people. The question such a compromise must raise in the minds of non-white participants to the London conference is the meaning of Commonwealth status; for the best single argument against South Africa is that the Commonwealth is becoming the major bridge between Asians and Africans and the West. It will be tragic if this bridge between the races collapses over the false issue of apartheid. The Asians and Africans must realize that apartheid is not the issue...
...another personal cult is precisely what we do not need. Hero worship is not only unbecoming but unhelpful. It can only lead to an unhealthy disillusionment as President Kennedy engages in the awkward shifts, evasions and compromises that inevitably accompany the exercise of great power. Let us remember Lord Acton-and take care...