Word: digging
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Finally, in an oblique dig at former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who attached primary importance to Soviet-American detente, Brzezinski adds: "What we are doing in our relations with China should have been done anyway, whether our relations with the Soviet Union were much better or much worse...
Saudi Arabia a secret interpretation of Communism conforming to the teaching of Islam?" Publicly the Saudi leaders are keeping their cool; privately they are enraged at the Egyptian attacks. "When Sadat dies," sneers a Saudi businessman, "the Egyptian people will dig up his bones and piss on them." At the root of the quarrel is Sadat's bitterness at the Saudis for failing to support the Camp David accords. With Saudi help, Sadat believes, at least one or two other moderate Arab states could be enticed into joining or supporting the peace process, and that in turn could eventually...
...object to his coming, but I'd prefer they look at current people rather than dig into the past," she added...
...than 4,000 miles. Its navy, though the world's third largest, is equally antiquated: its two nuclear-powered submarines carry no missiles. In a major conflict, little advantage could be gained from hundreds of bomb shelters carved out all over China on Mao's command to "dig tunnels deep, store grain everywhere, and never seek hegemony." China's ability to fight off even a limited Soviet thrust is questionable. Indeed, if China buys modern weapons from Europe, or possibly the U.S., the 190 divisions of the People's Liberation Army may have to wait...
...Cornell course, however, with its deep gully and steep hill dominating the final mile, was perfectly suited for Newnham's hard-finishing style. "I wanted to really dig in and go on the steep part of the hill and on the crest as we came out of it," Newnham said afterwards...