Word: discussion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...months, the Communists demanded that the U.S. make concessions before they would even discuss the prisoners. "It always comes back to the same thing," Nixon said in a moment of exasperation. "If we end our involvement and set a date, they will agree to discuss prisoners-not to release them." Then, last week, the Communists suddenly offered the captives for ransom-and thus created a major dilemma for the Administration...
...sadistic paranoia, and was described as "highly agitated" on the night of the incident. The testimony of the Marine corporal, Greenwood, places Wellard with Hornblower near the hatchway, and both Marine Captain Whiting and Lieut. William Bush found Wellard at the scene. Hornblower's later refusal to discuss the incident obviously indicates that he was covering...
...just power must some times do in an imperfect world. But now they began to wonder whether the price, for anyone or any side, was worth it. Was the U.S. really accomplishing anything? Above all, after Tet in 1968 and America's growing sense of failure, they began to discuss a mushy and unfamiliar concept among war planners: morality. Such was Daniel Ellsberg's private evolution...
...Fables. Even in top classes, pupils must memorize statistics on agricultural, industrial and energy production for long lists of tiny nations. Teachers are pleased to consider themselves "priests of the intellect," as one put it; they are often so remote that they refuse to see students who want to discuss their work. Almost half of lycée entrants flunk out or are discouraged into dropping out before ever reaching the bac exams; one-third of those taking the tests last week are expected to fail...
...roll over" and "tell me how grateful you are for being my wife." In another, each partner is advised to write on separate slips "a true secret that you have never told the other person" and "two fictitious secrets that you make up." The slips are then exchanged and discussed. Each exercise is designed to evoke strong feelings, which the husband and wife are then instructed to express and discuss...