Word: behind
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...woman, apparently the relative of a hostage, appeared at the gates with a child in hand. She suddenly began to shout obscenities at the guards. In an instant the mob started to surge toward her, but photographers provided a distraction, and in the confusion she was quickly led away. Behind her, the crowd kept murmuring, "Kill her, kill her." Said a Western diplomat: "The crowd now represents a 'third force,' and it has to be reckoned with. If either Khomeini or the students were to try to negotiate, I wouldn't rule out a mass attack by this...
...gross miscalculation or cynical design, you trigger a new revolution, and then you hide behind your customary legal nitpicking. You activated the volcano and now you expect us to help you out. We can't, unless you put right the insulting mistake you have made...
...Revolutionary Council did not do it. You deserve the credit for unleashing this rebellion. Don't talk to me about whether the siege is right or wrong. Talk to the very people you have provoked into this hysteria. You think you can get away with murder by hiding behind the law. The Islamic canon recognizes the right of an oppressed people, faced by a government that cites the law in order to betray justice, to rebellion. The Iranian people's occupation of the U.S. embassy falls squarely within this principle...
While governments closed ranks behind the U.S. initiative, some private bankers were troubled that banking itself had become more deeply enmeshed in petropolitics. Remarked a top international financial adviser in London: "We have an awful lot of people worrying that if the Americans can do this today to Iranian money, what is to stop them from doing it with my money tomorrow...
Immediately after his announcement, Reagan embarked on his two-part campaign strategy: 1) to concede no region to any opponent, and 2) to strike hard and fast, conveying a clear message to wavering local politicians that they must join him now or be left behind. Reagan's strategists hope that the blitz will lead to early victories in Iowa, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Florida, thus locking up the nomination before spring. Contends Reagan Press Secretary Jim Lake: "If we win the early primaries, we think it will be all over...