Word: forma
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Tactical Edge. Apart from an editorial yelp or two in Syria and Egypt, plus the predictable pro forma tongue-lashings for U.S. ambassadors in Arab capitals, the Arabs reacted to the announcement of U.S. sales to the Israelis with an aplomb that made it seem that they had known about the deal all along. Increasing Arab disunity and Egypt's heavy reliance on American foodstuffs put a damper on indignation-and so did the nimble manner in which Washington handled the revelation. By sending 100 tanks to Jordan last fall and then teaming with the British...
Over the tall green pines of south eastern Alabama, singly and in forma tions of seven, the ungainly olive-drab helicopters swoop and buzz like dragonflies. Night and day they churn above the Army Aviation Center at Fort Rucker. They blast the wire-grass country with rockets, machine-gun slugs and grenades. They execute intricate maneuvers high in the sky and inches off the ground, turning once-tranquil skies into some of the world's most congested airspace...
...true. But most Haitians believe it. They believe almost anything about Duvalier. In his eight years of power, the onetime country-doctor-turned-dictator has alienated almost every friend and neighbor. The U.S. has all but suspended dollar aid, maintains only the most pro forma diplomatic relations. His own people regard him with horror. Yet through murder, terror and voodoo mysticism, Papa Doc has set himself up as "President for life" and wields unshakable control over his tiny country. Unlike the smoldering Dominican Republic, which occupies the other half of the island of Hispaniola, Haiti is filled only with deadening...
...strike vote and the charges seemed largely pro forma gestures in a deadline-setting ceremony that has become traditional in Pittsburgh talks...
That Goldwater has constantly been forced to explicate his rather ambivalent texts is of course nothing extraordinary; but his wearied; pro-forma rebuttals suggests new sense of the frustration...