Word: felted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...looking at you, kid," said the President as he toasted the liberal Graham in Casablanca style. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger noted the "mark the Washington Post has left on this town, on our nation . . . and perhaps on some of us." As for Graham, asked how she felt about turning 70, she answered, "Ambivalent. Nobody likes to be that...
...Shultz, who was attending an ASEAN foreign ministers' conference in Singapore, declared, "Our advice is somehow to resume the process of dialogue between the government and the opposition so that a method of establishing a democratic tradition can be worked out in a mutually agreeable way." Even President Reagan felt obliged to add his concern. According to the New York Times, the President sent a letter to Chun urging him to reopen talks with the opposition aimed at reaching a compromise. But Washington seemed reluctant to acknowledge that its own close association with the Chun regime over the years...
...right to quit, of course. It was time; some of us had begun to miss broadcasts now and then, though always with a good reason and a note from our mothers ("Jack was in a holding pattern above Logan Airport; please excuse his absence"). Still, it felt funny to know that Keillor was quitting cold, that he was going to live in an apartment in Copenhagen with his Danish wife Ulla. It was as if a tall, shock-haired boy we had all thought especially promising were heading off to the big city with a private smile on his face...
...announcing the visit, the Vatican said the meeting had been requested by the Austrian government and routinely granted. The Holy See noted its long- standing good relations with Austria and pointed to the Pope's record of condemning Nazi crimes. Many Jewish groups in the U.S. and Europe, however, felt differently. Some compared the meeting to one between the Pope and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat in 1982 and warned that the latest visit would set back Jewish-Roman Catholic relations...
...upheaval was the almost inevitable result of attacks on Allegis from all sides. Its pilots were pressing to buy the airline because they felt Ferris was spending too much time and money buying hotels, to the detriment of the company's core business. Meanwhile, dissident shareholders, led by a trio of Manhattan-based investors called Coniston Partners, launched a campaign to oust management, arguing that the company would be worth far more if it were broken into pieces and sold. The critics pointed to the firm's lackluster financial performance: its net income was only $11.6 million last year...