Word: comely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...displays of ingratitude of his career: he dismissed his longtime friend as Premier. True to form, Pompidou seemed less disturbed by the news than anyone else; he simply removed his favorite modern oil paintings from Matignon, set up an office on the Left Bank and waited for life to come to him. Or seemed to wait. Actually, he made a point of keeping in close touch with Gaullist friends, listening sympathetically to their complaints and quietly gathering up loyalty for the future...
...unlikely in view of factional bickering in the centrist parties where his strength would lie. Unless he changes his mind, Poher will thus surrender his Elysian prerogatives after 35 days, taking away a memory of temporary power well-employed and a sense of satisfaction that the deluge did not come...
When some move up, others must move down. Three of Chou's closest associates were dropped, among them Foreign Minister Chen Yi. All three had come under heavy Red Guard fire over the past three years, and analysts believe that Mao, despite Chou's attempts to protect them, decided that they were dispensable. In general, the Politburo now seems divided into three main groups: the Mao-Lin section (twelve members), which retains control; the People's Liberation Army segment (six members), which mistrusts Lin because he espoused the extremism and instability of the Cultural Revolution...
...students were ostensibly demonstrating their support for the return of the U.S. -occupied Ryukyu Islands, including Okinawa, to Japan. In fact, the demonstrators' slogans paid scant heed to Okinawa, concentrating in stead on anti-Premier Sato and anti-U.S. posturing. For the 300 Okinawans who had come to Tokyo to hold their own restrained protest - and who felt that their interests were what was at stake - the day was sobering. "I'm afraid the student violence will end up dampening the movement for us," said 20-year-old Tsuneo Tomita of Koza. "It will confuse the basic...
...been transformed into the equivalent of the world's largest aircraft carrier. There are 45,000 American servicemen now based on Okinawa. From sprawling Kadena Airbase, huge B-52 jets roar out nearly every day on bombing missions over South Viet Nam. Much of the island has come to resemble a particularly vulgar version of American suburbia, and U.S. spending now accounts for 60% of Okinawa's $644.4 million G.N.P. If the U.S. were to pull out, Okinawa's economy would be severely damaged. The island's businessmen are already pessimistic. A poll last year indicated...