Word: endeavors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...joint committee for military projects," a sort of study group on defense matters. Exactly what it would study was not clear. But Prince Sultan, who attended the press conference, quickly observed that the relationship between the two countries was "not based on cooperation in the field of military endeavor." Replied Weinberger: "His Highness is, of course, correct...
...kingmaker to the Communist party's inner circle, Suslov was instrumental in the ascendency of Chairman Nikita Khruschev to power in 1958, and again for his downfall in 1964. The many machinations of power politics never seemed to daunt the Soviet minister, whose ferocity found outlet for endeavor in uncounted tasks during the more than 40 years he serve the Kremlin...
...disdain, Muggeridge overlooks an even more pernicious influence. As editor of Punch, he hears the magazine described as revolutionary. "Correct," he replies, "Punch is now critical of all authority,, including revolutionary." In so criticizing every human endeavor, in mocking not merely politicians but their constituencies, the curmudgeon eventually leaves himself no earthly attachments outside the self. It may indeed be that Ecclesiastes is correct and that all is vanity...
...didn't cut off the crusts" (he had forgotten to trim the connubial toast), Alvarez thought: "It's the wrong script." Frantically, he turned page after page. Didn't Lawrence write that Grand Passion was part of the Great Tradition? Wasn't marriage a heroic endeavor? When, four years later, his marriage foundered, the writer felt that he had failed not only as a husband but as a literary critic...
Unlike other candidates who were in New York lobbying for the job, Pérez stayed in Lima, the Peruvian capital, during the vote. After hearing news of his selection, he said, "My main concern and endeavor will be what it has always been, peace among nations." Given Pérez's age, U.N. officials do not expect him to seek a second term. That should be a welcome consolation prize for the other candidates, especially Salim. The Tanzanian, who will be only 44 when the next vote comes up, no doubt still hopes to be the first African...