Word: countrymen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With profound pride Spanish newspapers hailed the election as a "triumph of moderation" and praised the orderly way in which it was conducted. At week's end, after most of the votes were finally tallied, a Madrid intellectual expressed the emotions of his countrymen. "There is," he said, "deep down, a happiness about this transition, about the possibility of taking political consensus in hand. Now our people have got to decide to live together and to disagree in a civilized...
...working. One of the first Americans to be recruited, Abraham Jaeger of New York City, has done so well since his arrival in 1972 that-though he is still a student-the Rumanian government has encouraged him to attend international scientific conferences. Jaeger is no longer lonesome for countrymen: there are now 86 Americans studying in Rumania's two main medical schools, in Bucharest and Cluj...
Anderson's citation reads: "With a voice of overwhelming beauty, she has lifted the spirits of her countrymen: with grace and dignity, she has exemplified the true meaning of fraternity and freedom...
...That raised doubts about whether Begin, 63, who had suffered a serious heart attack only two months ago, was well enough to head a new government. The Likud leader, however, quickly recovered from what turned out to be exhaustion and a mild bout of angina pectoris, and astonished his countrymen by dropping bombshell No. 2: he said that former Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, a longtime Labor Party maverick, had "agreed in principle" to become Foreign Minister in a Likud government...
...have persuaded Begin not to move toward annexation of the West Bank as long as peace negotiations are in prospect. After that, Dayan wants the matter put to the Israeli electorate in a referendum-a shrewd move, since he is probably right in believing that a majority of his countrymen oppose the surrender of significant portions of the occupied territories...