Word: brief
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...effort to "boost the momentum for peace," Sadat set out last week on what was planned as a ten-day, eight-nation journey in search of support?diplomatic, military and moral. "A heavy and difficult job lies ahead," he said. His main destination, of course, after a brief stopover in Morocco, was Washington. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance was on hand, along with the red-uniformed Marine Band, to welcome the Egyptian leader to Andrews Air Force Base late Friday afternoon. Sadat, accompanied by his elegant wife, Jihan, his 21-year-old son, Gamal, and two of his six daughters...
Once in the lead Harvard took a brief siesta from aggressive play, which amounted to the next 19 minutes, and had it not been for the heroics of John Hyne in the Crimson cage, overtime would never have come...
...checks courses." This involves monitoring evening classes by taking attendance at the door to ensure that only students who have paid for the extension courses attend them. Adams had nothing but praise for Edwards who is, in his estimation, "a very valued member of Harvard." Except for the brief period from December to January, Edwards can get pretty steady work, according to Adams...
Furie, unlike Wayne, is on the side of the doves, but a brief exposure to the garbled ideology of Company C might per suade even Benjamin Spock to take up arms. The complex historical drama of Viet Nam becomes as mindless as a Saturday-morning cartoon. The bad guys are loutish American officers obsessed with body counts and South Vietnamese preoccupied with heroin smuggling. The good guys are the Marines in Company C, all of whom, apparently, fought the war against their will. The Vietnamese peasants are represented by picturesque extras who seem to be refugees from a way ward...
...trying too hard to make difficult new roles look easy. The women are, frankly, the largest in the company. As usual, Balanchine has managed to enhance their special attributes. In a few caressing gestures of Lavery's hand. Von Aroldingen shows an intimate, womanly quality; in a brief sequence when she looks like a participant in a walking race, Neary makes cheerful fun of herself...