Word: exploitation
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bringing to New York. He spoke of creating "The Proud City," and told the crowd of 2,500: "Let those who compile riches from the misery of slums hear this message as their eviction notice: there will be no compromise with the profiteers of poverty. Let those who exploit human [narcotics] addiction hear me clearly: New York will no longer be your marketplace. We will combat terror in the streets. And we will do so with full respect for the rights and privileges of every citizen. The New York for which we are fighting is as old as the vision...
Bond's dry-land conquests were somewhat zingier type in Goldfinger, but in Thunderball he manages a change of pace by joining Largo's seaworthy French playmate (Claudine Auger) for an amorous exploit down among the corals. "I hope we didn't frighten the fish," he quips afterward, wading ashore. Alas, even subaqueous sex cannot keep the formula entirely fresh. Yet, if Thunderball's gimmickry seems to overreach at times, Actor Connery gains assurance from film to film, by now delivers all his soppiest Jimcracks martini-dry. He is hilariously astringent when he drops a limp...
...advantages the United States might derive are primarily diplomatic ones, Huntington said. We might exploit the split by pressuring the more moderate Soviet Union, but this approach has its limits because the U.S. cannot negotiate with China. If the USSR ignores U.S. demands, "we cannot very well threaten to make a deal with the Chinese," Huntington said...
...Reischauer's work notwithstanding, Viet Nam remains a potential Achilles' heel for Premier Sato, one which the leftists would dearly love to exploit. Having failed to bring him down over the Japan-South Korea treaty issue, they now will doubtless shift their emphasis back to Viet...
...characteristics. Today we are known as the most excellent of lands to be incapacitated or poor in. The concept ot America as a land of bottomless public treasuries spewing money into the pockets of all who can muster enough energy to jet over attracts only those who wish to exploit our misguided generosity...