Word: dispiritedness
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In a year that saw ever rising fears of nuclear war, a white-robed figure journeyed the globe to proclaim a yearning for peace and justice. John Paul II, history's most traveled Pope, set out on spectacular, taxing pilgrimages to two of the world's most his...
The Socialists at least could take some consolation from the continuing division among the three leading opposition figures. Former President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, a conservative centrist, was sagging in the popular-opinion sweepstakes (with 8%). Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac, a neo-Gaullist, was still in the...
As a result, Begin became increasingly morose and withdrawn. He avoided speeches, and those he gave were uncharacteristically short. Some of his Cabinet colleagues complained that the government was being allowed to drift without decisive leadership. Begin had become gaunt, almost skeletal; his eyes had a haunted look. Tired, sad...
For dispirited Labor strategists, the theme of "Headmistress" Thatcher bullying her colleagues was a heaven-sent chance to go briefly on the offensive. Within hours, Labor was making the Prime Minister herself a campaign issue, repackaging the toughness that made her the "resolute" leader in the Falklands war into domineering...
Neither side wants to risk a violent showdown that might jeopardize the Pope's visit. But that has not prevented a series of prudent skirmishes. The Communist leadership hopes the trip will demonstrate to the world that life in Poland has returned to normal. As if to emphasize that...