Word: embarks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...summit conferences as substitute for well- formulated policies, but he might well jeoparadize his position when he speaks, in conclusion, of "the perils of having as principal negotiators the men who make the final decision about the use of hydrogen bombs. Frustration or humiliation may cause them to embark on an irrevocable course...
...Lunge. What induced Moscow to embark on this disruptive lunge? One answer is that Russia wants nothing, no body, no agreement, no group of nations capable of hampering any adventure or pursuit the Kremlin might have in mind. Though the Russians value the U.N. as a propaganda forum, they have no interest in a U.N. with power to act (Zorin was quick to point out that he had nothing against the U.N. itself, only against its executive officer). Even if the present attack is beaten back, it has served the Russians' purpose in intimidating Hammarskjold...
...this son of Massachusetts hopes will characterize our Government's conduct in the four stormy years that lie ahead. Humbly I ask his help in this undertaking-but aware that on earth his will is worked by man, I ask for your help and your prayers, as I embark on this new and solemn journey...
Where is the act of purpose, the work of thought to come from? Even with the will to achieve it, deliberately acquiring a consensus may sound as absurd as deliberately deciding to fall in love. But for those about to embark regretfully on a dubious, consensusless future, Father Murray has a further word. "It just happens," he says in effect, "that I have here a device which any reasonably intelligent person may apply to lead him to the consensus, the public philosophy." And with an urbane, engaging smile, out of his long black clericals he pops it: natural...
Three-hundred and seventy upperclassmen are willing to embark on a two year program designed to send Harvard graduates to teach secondary school in Nigeria. They are willing to go even if the program does not guarantee exemption from the draft...