Word: brink
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Egypt First. President Sadat and the men around him are nationalists, not Nasserists. Their revolution is over. "Unlike Nasser, Sadat does not lead us to the brink and then abandon us. He has a plan about where he wants to take us, and it is realizable," says an Egyptian editor. Above all, the Egyptians are proud that Sadat is following an Egypt-first policy and that he has defined Egypt's national interest. In contrast to Nasser, who was dedicated to a vague ideal of Arab unity, Sadat is trying to lead the Arab world by pursuing specific economic...
...interesting to note that many of the people who are so quick to question the necessity of Nixon's military alert are the same people who could not stop praising Kennedy's courage in needlessly bringing the world to the brink of a nuclear confrontation with Russia in the alleged Cuban missile "crisis...
...week began with a seemingly firm display of East-West détente: a joint Moscow-Washington resolution introduced in the United Nations that called for a stop to the fighting and the commencement of peace negotiations. By midweek, the big powers had seemingly edged a step toward the brink of nuclear confrontation: the Russians made moves toward unilateral action in the war zone, and the U.S. responded with worldwide military mobilization. By week's end, however, the two superpowers were once again cooperating in trying to work out a firm ceasefire...
...Graffiti are a generation bursting out of its skin. In a small town and a '62 world there's no road for their rock and roll anxiety to follow: they jump in their drag racers and drive back and forth on the strip, letting off steam. Teetering at the brink of a world not quite ready to release the new energy of a frontier mentality, the kids have a brief moment of loud, confused frenzy before they go to Vietnam or settle in the suburbs...
ELIOT HOUSE LIBRARY. Sarah Brink, harpsichordist, in recital. Works of L. Couperin, Frescobaldi, Boismortier, and Bach. Free. Friday, October 26, 8:30 p.m. KIRKLAND HOUSE JCR. Hanni Schmid-Wyss, pianist, in recital. Works of Beethoven, Rossini, Bartok, and Mendelssohn. Free. Friday, October...