Word: exitement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dictator. Then McGovern laid out his plan to end the war; it was largely a summary of his previously articulated views. Unlike Nixon, who seeks a negotiated exit, McGovern would carry out a unilateral U.S. withdrawal requiring a minimum of cooperation from the Communists. If the war was still raging on Inauguration Day, McGovern would stop the bombing and other "acts of force," halt the flow of supplies to Saigon and begin a 90-day withdrawal of U.S. forces-keeping U.S. airbases in Thailand open and Seventh Fleet ships on station until Hanoi released the 539 American P.O.W.s and helped...
...same time, the flight of Uganda's Asians continued. Suspecting that some were not abiding by the deadline he had given them of 48 hours between the time they got their exit papers and the moment they left the country, Amin ordered a house-to-house search for Asians. By last week some 14,000 had left for England, India and Canada (the U.S. also announced that it would admit 1,000 refugees). But according to the private calculations of Uganda's police, an average of five Asians a day were being shot by soldiers, mostly at roadblocks...
When American actors tackle a play like The School for Scandal, they often get jittery and are tempted by the safety exit of farce or the urge to humanize characters that are basically stylized commentaries on such moral vices as slander, hypocrisy and deceit. To its credit, New York's newly formed City Center Acting Company avoids these two traps fairly well. They give the Sher idan classic the old college try, which is only natural since this troupe springs from the drama division of Manhattan's Juilliard School, herewith embarked on a whirlwind repertory of six plays...
...list also includes permanent stairwell lights locks for basement doors between buildings and alarm checks for tire exit doors...
...have to yield a great deal if they are to achieve their objective: immediate diplomatic recognition and an embassy in Peking before next spring. With that possibility in mind, the Nationalist embassy in Tokyo last week laid in a supply of large packing crates, just in case a quick exit might be necessary...