Word: exits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...unilateral declaration of peace appears to be the only exit out of an unbearable situation, Nhat Hanh continued, because the longer the Americans perpetuate the war, the more peasants will go over to the Viet Cong. The U.S. should make the first move, he said, because it is to their tactical advantage and "because the U.S. is strong and does not have to wait for proposals from Hanoi. It can just stop positive attacks and remain on the defensive to demonstrate that the U.S. wants peace also...
...hearing with an operation. Suddenly, he recalls, "the violent, silent world inside me erupted. I came out of my shell." And how. Exclaims Bazelon: "I became outgoing, warm, animated, tremendously buoyant -a rock 'em, sock 'em personality. And my music became just as dramatic as I am." exit Irwin; enter...
Even before the era of computerized flight arrives, the ordinary passenger can do much to lengthen his own odds on security. He can make sure to find out where his exit door is and how it works, where his life jacket is, and what position to fold into in the unlikely event of a crash landing (head on knees, arms locked around legs). He should keep his safety belt buckled throughout the flight, as most pilots do; it can prevent a bad injury in case the plane hits sudden turbulence. The common belief that seats in the tail are safer...
...account for the anticlimax, where sequences build to such banal exchanges as: (Bardot) "If my father saw me in clothes like these!" (Moreau) "Hurry up! We're going to the dance!" Then the beginnings of an exit, such as you get on high-school stages when there's no room in the wings. It's clumsy, and unlike Malle. Some of these scenes might seem less vacuous to French ears deaf to the banal dialogue spoken in English. I suspect that one scene, where some Negro officials sit around sipping tea, is built almost entirely of phrases from English textbooks...
...before the gates were sealed may now be unable to locate the one or two remaining openings. Should any of the deans visit the Yard some weekend eve, they might be confronted with the spectacle of thousands of Cambridge youths wandering helplessly in the Yard in search of an exit...