Word: disquieting
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Autumn Leaves. Taking note of the growing disquiet, newly appointed United Nations Ambassador George Ball warned in a tough speech that it would be "a mistake to expect that anything can be gained by unilateral concessions, or that a show of weakness will make a negotiation go more swiftly, or even go at all." Addressing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Ball declared: "I find it both stupid and unattractive when a handful of our countrymen, who have read little history or have not understood what they have read, engage in public self-flagellation, declaring in sanctimonious tones that American policy...
That rate reflects Wall Street's disquiet over the huge federal budget deficit, which portends gigantic federal borrowing and still higher interest rates in the months just ahead. The 6.45% return applied to Federal National Mortgage Association "participation certificates"-shares in a pool of Government-owned mortgages and other loans. They were available to the public in minimum lots of $5,000. Though not a direct obligation of the U.S. Treasury, the participation certificates come close to that gilt-edged status because the Attorney General has ruled that they are backed by the full faith and credit...
...growing problems have created a new restlessness among Argentina's people. Not even the country's few bargains-3? subway rides, 1½ pay phones, 300-per-lb. beefsteak-have been able to ease the feelings of frustration and disquiet. The middle class grumbles constantly about soaring prices, which seem to hit it hardest. The lower classes are slightly better off, mainly because Onganía, who started out as a union buster, has turned kindly toward the unions and consults with them regularly in an effort to win some kind of popular support. "Ongan...
...Americans were watching football, raking leaves or touring the countryside, the biggest "peace" demonstration in the history of the nation's capital unfolded. To the vast majority, the banners of Communism fluttering in Washington, the fist-flailing clashes and the violent verbiage were unsettling, almost unreal. Yet the disquiet that suffused the spectacle was certainly shared to a degree by most Americans. And-however ill-conceived-the Washington demonstration was a reminder to the world of America's cherished right of dissent. It was not the prospect of protest that alarmed Washington so much as the potential...
Most pressing reasons for disquiet...