Word: hope
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kennedy as an ideal idealist--an untainted saint. Sure, Schlesinger received a Pulitzer Prize for history (1945) and one for biography (1965), but he also served on the campaign staff of Adlai Stevenson in the '50s and as special adviser to President Kennedy in the '60s. Can he hope to write true and objective histories or biographies on any public figures from that era? After all, the epoch he says Bobby embodied was one Bobby represented to him all along...
...this new book. As pure history, the book will undoubtedly be sneered at by many. As simply a story, however, it is captivating. And as a tale of commitment and idealism told in a age that pays scant attention to those on the outside, it offers hope...
...city of Woonsocket's quick abandonment of the term personhole for manhole [Oct. 2] gives hope that the United Kingdom can avoid the temptation to change its designation periodically to United Queendom or permanently to United Crowndom...
...sales and business tax cuts for the 1979 budget. Sarasin is leading a petition drive for a state-constitution ban on an income tax and a limit on spending. He says of the 50,000 people who have signed to date: "I see them as supporting the concept. I hope they support...
...visiting delegates, called on Jordan's King Hussein and the Palestinians to join the peace process and emphasized that the current talks were merely the first step toward a comprehensive settlement involving Israel and all its Arab neighbors. Dayan, speaking for exactly one minute, declared: "It is our hope and belief that we have reached the stage in which we can finally conclude a peace treaty." In a 2½-rninute reply, Ali restated the determination of his government to achieve an overall settlement and once again urged the other Arabs to join...