Word: cornered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...individualism, of questioning, of the religious spirit, of the ethical personality, of human relations transcending party comradeship." It is difficult to guess just how far the Kremlin will allow this trend to go. But its existence nonetheless proves that the Russian character has survived Communism with a small corner still devoted to the independent perception of the truth...
That "stability," to be sure, is still around the corner. Inflation has been slowed down but still saps the economy. For the first time in more than a decade, efforts have been made to balance the budget; but the austerity measures have not been completely successful. Later this month, Indonesia will have to make a bid for $325 million in aid from such creditors as the U.S., Britain, Australia and Japan. Unemployment is up to 3,000,000 from last year's 2,100,000, and 15 million people are underemployed. Rice last week cost twice the July price...
...find the rest of Mots d'H cures compulsive, as one horrendous bilingual audio-pun follows another. L'lle deja accornee . . . Satinees cornees translates as "The [lord of the] island already has horns! Satiny corneas . . ." but it is really Little Jack Horner who sat in a corner...
...back in a corner somewhere...
...clock not Harvard. Halfback Rett Sturman, who headed a ball past Navy's goaltender in Penn's stunning 2-1 upset two weeks ago, used his ahead deftly again. He reversed the direction of a ball from Lorberbaum, placing it over Breese into the far upper corner of the goal...