Word: benignity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...profile military figures neatly match the Kremlin's current diplomatic stance of a powerful but benign peacemaker. Yet there is far more to Soviet arms spending than appears in the budget. Funds for H-bombs and advanced weapons like multiple-warhead missiles are customarily tucked into budgets for "medium industry" and "scientific research." Additional allocations may well not be listed at all. Western analysts reckon that the true Soviet defense bill will come to about $60 billion in U.S. terms, or just about what the Pentagon spends now, excluding Viet Nam costs. Some speculate that, because of tension with...
Despite its infectiousness, the moon flu lasts only two or three days and is remarkably benign; only five deaths have been reported in Italy so far, and all from complications that developed as a result of the flu. Health authorities claim to have used older vaccines against it with some success, but Rome's daily Il Messaggero asked: "Who believes you? Anyone can see the epidemic is still gaining force." It is expected to reach its peak next week...
...sloth, India's dominant Congress Party has played a vital role in nurturing the growth of democracy in a diverse and desperately poor land. In the 22 years of India's independence from Britain, the party has been the stabilizing factor of Indian political life. A benign octopus that embraced both doctrinaire socialists and free-enterprising rightists, it provided the framework within which India's many sects and nationalities could work together for common political goals. During the past several years, though, the Congress Party has been increasingly riven by internal strife. Last week...
Gypsies, vassals, whoremasters. mummers and murderers await Heron at every turn of the road. Each encounter teaches Heron something new. It is when Heron meets Claudia (Anjelica Huston), the doe-eyed daughter of a benign monarch, that he begins to grow to manhood with a fearful swiftness. He protects Claudia when the peasants sack her father's domain. The peasants are exceeding wroth. Heron and Claudia flee. But no man will give them refuge. They have only the shelter of their hearts. Perhaps it is the wind in the trees, but it surely sounds as if Heron, much...
...tells the tale of how he once took a sack of garbage to the dump in Stockbridge, Mass., was arrested for littering, and wound up, much to his joy, rejected by the draft-because he had a police record. Ever since, Arlo has had an abiding belief in the benign power of fate. When he was married last week, the day had been carefully selected in advance by a medium in New York...