Word: gloomed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Nothing of substance will be accomplished in this protocol visit to General de Gaulle." said New York Post Paris Correspondent Joseph Barry. But Barry found a bitter solace in his gloom: "It had to be done, and if it's worth doing at all, as G. K. Chesterton once put it, it's worth doing badly. Since nothing will be achieved, it's as well there will be no illusions at the start...
...months ago, Sir Roy Welensky, the Central African Federation's Prime Minister, looked with considerable gloom at a crucial aspect of the African economy. "Let's face it," he said, "as an investment, Africa stinks." Reporting to his stockholders recently, a sober London businessman who presides over the biggest foreign enterprise in Africa took a more optimistic tack. "The African outlook," said Unilever Chairman George J. Cole, "is less dark than one might think...
...Britain, and U.S. diplomats felt that they had at least won France's implicit pledge not to veto the use of force in Laos by other SEATO members. Rusk confided to an aide: "This will make Kennedy happy." But the Thais, Filipinos and Pakistanis were plunged into gloom, expressed fears that the West might accede to "a Munich deal...
There is little gloom on the premises, however. In the course of legal battles, Synanon House was designated by the Internal Revenue Bureau as a tax-deductible foundation. And it managed to support an average of 50 residents all last year for just $26,000. For Synanon's essential needs are simple: a roomy house with a place to hang the life preserver...
Black Handshake. But. as swiftly as it came, the gloom vanished. - Leaving the Commonwealth did not necessarily mean surrendering Commonwealth advantages...