Word: breakdowns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...statesman abroad and politician seeking re-election at home. In a pre-election address on foreign policy, Nixon declared with some satisfaction that "1972 has been a year of more achievement for peace than any year since the end of World War II." Such optimism reckoned without the breakdown of the Viet Nam negotiations, yet in many ways the assessment was accurate. Nixon and Kissinger adroitly played Russian and Chinese desires and fears off against one another to establish a nonideological basis for relations among the three great powers...
These scraps aside, there is no real evidence of strain be tween the President and his adviser, perhaps because a care ful reconstruction of the chronology of events in Paris and Saigon (see box, page 21) indicates both must share some responsibility for the breakdown in reaching an agreement. Kis singer seems to have underestimated the difficulty of the remaining "details" to be worked out. It was odd for a man of Kissinger's caution to have been so euphoric and expansive as he was on Oct. 26. His anticipation was too great, relying too much on what he called...
...from the first lunar landing, Buzz Aldrin, Armstrong's moon-walking companion, found himself totally unequipped to play the hero's role during the countless public appearances required of him. Soon he was on his way to what he now calls "a good old-fashioned American nervous breakdown." In contrast, other astronauts seem to have taken full advantage of the acclaim: John Glenn made a run for the U.S. Senate in Ohio, Wally Schirra appeared as a commentator and in commercials on television, Frank Borman took over a vice presidency at Eastern Airlines, and Al Shepard has made...
...going weeks without shore leaves. And despite their distance from the destruction they wrought, Vietnam took its toll, and the crews were soon immersed in the same racial tension that has gripped the Army and Marines. Officers critical of Zumwalt are presently calling for his removal, citing a general breakdown of discipline, and Congressman Edward Hebert (D-La.) has opened hearings on the subject. In turn, Zumwalt has accused his officers of failing to carry out his commands...
...Marriage, Bergman's longest project so far. They can even laugh together. Once after Cries was finished shooting for the day Liv suggested that they all go to the circus in a nearby town. "I'm not going. I'm going to have a breakdown," joked Bergman. "Can we come to that instead?" asked Liv sweetly. "It sounds a lot more exciting." Incredibly enough, four of Bergman's women worked on the Cries set in apparent harmony. Besides Liv in one of the leading roles, Bergman's wife Ingrid was his assistant, his fourth wife...