Word: halts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Some high U.S. officials feel that the North Vietnamese have finally realized that their monotonal demand for a complete bombing halt is no longer productive in moving either the U.S. or world opinion; therefore, they expect some kind of breakthrough in Paris during the coming weeks. The North Vietnamese are showing some signs of removing the mask of intransigence that they have worn since the talks began at Paris' Majestic Hotel seven weeks ago. Unbending a bit, Thuy and his aides even took in the horse races at the fashionable Auteuil track in the Bois de Boulogne. They...
...future blots out the past, and Lyndon Johnson has placed himself in the past tense. His Government juggernaut is grinding perceptibly to a halt. In one department after another, planning for the future has all but stopped, and underlings are busying themselves with housekeeping chores while they await Johnson's successor. "We are," said a sub-Cabinet man, "looking after personnel matters." Personal matters, too. The best Johnson men are being lured away by industry and academe. Of 14 young lawyers in one group, five have already made plans to leave. Somnolent is the word for the State Department...
Fearing an invasion of lower-priced foreign goods, the government appealed to the Common Market Commission for protection against Italian home appliances and some types of building material. In an effort to halt the flight of the franc, it also ordered residents of France to take no more than $20 in French currency when they pop abroad for a day's visit. Whatever the ultimate outcome of the elections, a new government's first priority will not be to enact the reforms demanded by the revolt but to cope with its costly economic consequences...
...American way of life," Izvestia declared that "Imperialism carries violence within itself." Russian Poet Evgeny Evtushenko warned: "You're firing at yourself, America. If you go on, you'll really kill yourself." Hanoi had a particular worry, reflecting its view of Kennedy as a man determined to halt the war. "American imperialism," said North Vietnamese Trade Leader Hoang Quog Viet, will now "run berserk on the battlefields of Viet Nam" as a result of the shooting...
...opening day. Such attractions as a simulated sleigh ride down the 65-ft.-high Der Hofheinzberg and most of the boats to carry visitors through a Lost World Adventure were not functioning. The next night, the Astrowheel-the world's first futuristic Ferris wheel-groaned to a halt, marooning 40 riders high above the action...