Word: fonds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Thieu regime were skeptical of the American rationale for negotiations. They could not reconcile the American desire to prevent Vietnam from falling into the hands of "World Communism" with the United State's insistence on negotiations with the communists to break the battlefield deadlock. Ironically, even Thieu was fond of saying that the Americans lost patience at the most inopportune moments...
...shuffling exercise routine in Mountjoy Prison was noisily disturbed when a helicopter suddenly settled in the yard, scattering prisoners in all directions. One Mountjoy warder thought it was a surprise visit from Defense Minister Patrick Donegan, who is fond of helihopping round the country. Instead, a masked man stepped down and trained a gun on the guards as three prisoners bolted forward and scrambled into the cabin of the chopper, which then whirred away. Freed in the daring daytime snatch, which took only a minute, were three top Provisionals: Seamus Twomey, 54, the former Provo chief of staff; Kevin Mallon...
...scholar in medieval art, a pioneer in contemporary art, but most of all a great teacher," Coolidge said. "He was the father of the department. I don't think he ever had a student or colleague who wasn't fond...
James S. Ackerman, professor of Fine Arts, called Deknatel "one of the most sympathetic people" he had ever known. "Everybody loved him," Ackerman said. "He was the father of the department. I don't think he ever had a student or colleague who wasn't fond...
Despite his age, Ball shows no signs of frailty in or out of the courtroom. Up by 7, he plays nine holes of golf before going to work. (His home is on the 16th fairway of his club.) He is also fond of good food and good wines. Nonetheless, most evenings he is in bed by 7 so that he can settle down and read for a few hours-"anything or everything from briefs to biographies...