Word: disarmingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Schlesinger sees no contradiction in the U.S.'s arming itself with new weapons at the same time that it seeks to disarm through agreement with Moscow. Russia, he says, "is still a totalitarian state" and must be dealt with "in a cautious process." He further explains: "It is necessary for the U.S. to participate in the maintenance of a worldwide equilibrium of forces, and this requires the American people to do what to some seems to be inconsistent: to pursue detente?an alleviation of political tensions?and to maintain an adequate defense capability. We want to have a relaxation...
...course, will come as no surprise to Greeks. Since pushing through a new constitution last summer, giving himself an eight-year term as President, Papadopoulos has skillfully maneuvered to consolidate his dictatorial powers and ease out his military collaborators. At the same time he has boldly moved to disarm critics who complained about the lack of democracy. Two months ago, he ended martial law, declared an amnesty for political prisoners and announced that parliamentary elections would be held in 1974. Even the lilting, long-banned music of Greece's much-loved composer, Mikis Theodorakis (currently on a U.S. concert...
...taken in tow, though only after a Maine warden reached for his gun. "Maine has declared war on us!" cried Governor Thomson hyperbolically. He told his state's lobstermen: "You are soldiers in an important battle for the future of the state." But he promptly moved to disarm the crisis before the two states reach their Lobster Thermidor and start shooting, by filing a claim in the U.S. Supreme Court to an additional 2,400 acres of lobstering water...
...departure to Washington, Harvard has lost its most colorful and free-wheeling figure. Dunlop was no saint, but he had a certain appealing straight-forward way of conducting business. In the middle of propounding some outrageously conservative policy or point of view, accompanied by loud table-poundings, he would disarm his listerners by twisting his rubbery features into an impish grin, leaving them wondering whether he was actually as conservative as all that...
With his departure to Washington, Harvard has lost its most colorful and free-wheeling figure. Dunlop was no saint, but he had a certain appealing straight-forward way of conducting business. In the middle of propounding some outrageously conservative policy or point of view, he would disarm his listeners by twisting his rubbery features into an impish grin, leaving them wondering whether he was actually as conservative as all that...