Word: grinning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...received with surprising warmth by General Obasanjo, who had refused to meet with Henry Kissinger last year, but promised Young his support "in his great task of bridging the wide gulf between the U.S. and Africa." Explaining the Nigerians' warmth toward him, Young said with a grin: "Nigeria is arrogant and Kissinger is arrogant, and so there was a clash. I may be just as arrogant, but I can control it better." Later he added, "They're anxious for a new start, and that's what I'm looking...
...matter into a volume so small that it virtually ceases to exist. The gravity of its tiny remnant is so great that nothing, not even light, can escape from it. All external evidence of its presence disappears, and the star, like the Cheshire cat, vanishes, leaving behind only the grin of its disembodied gravity. Anything that fell into such a "black hole" would quite literally be crushed out of existence...
...would be a fitting punishment for the diplomatic press once Cyrus Vance took office: "The only shuttle you guys will take from now on is between New York and Washington." Asked who would paint his official portrait, which will be displayed at the State Department, Kissinger replied with a grin: "I can pick the artist, but Vance can pick the corridor...
...began one November morning two years ago when my sister entered my room wearing my ski boots and a canary-eating grin. It seems, I was told, that the boots no longer fit me but that they fit my sister just fine...
...Carter conferred through the week with Washington officialdom, the onetime "Mr. Outsider" noted with a grin: "I'm beginning to feel more like a Washington insider." He was briefed in Plains by CIA Chief George Bush, and met with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Asked what he planned to tell Carter, Kissinger quipped: "I have spent so much time finding Plains on a map, I haven't had much time to think about what I would...