Word: hope
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...doing a cover story on Cheryl Tiegs, you have strapped her into the roller coaster called the American media. I sincerely hope that she survives the twists and turns of that ride with all of her freshness, eroticism, beauty and sensuality intact. She is a national treasure...
...separate peace is still a long way off, but such an accord would have to be camouflaged so that it would appear to be part of a comprehensive settlement. Until now, the Egyptians have retained the hope that the peace process can be salvaged, that Israel and Egypt may yet agree to a declaration of principles and invite some other Arabs?such as Jordan's King Hussein and some of the moderate Palestinians?to join the talks. But the raid along the Haifa-Tel Aviv highway indicates that in the last analysis the P.L.O. will throw its weight...
Nonetheless. Mitterrand showed no hesitation in making key concessions to the Communists, in the hope of salvaging a second-round victory. Marchais immediately moved to exploit the Socialists' weakness, exacting from Mitterrand a promise to allocate ministerial posts in proportion to the votes polled by each leftist party. In the event of a leftist victory, this would give the Communists half of the Cabinet seats. Mitterrand even agreed to consider Communists for the ministries of Interior, which controls the police. Defense and Foreign Affairs. These were all concessions that he had previously vowed to deny the Communists...
COAL. Administration officials are concerned that any coal settlement will worsen the wage spiral. Says Brill: "There are contracts for 740,000 construction workers coming up between March and June. I just hope they don't read the papers, because a lot of their wives are going to be around reminding them of that 38.8% [prospective coal wage-and-benefit increase] over three years." In addition companies will also bid up the price of nonunion coal, switch to higher-priced fuels or make up for lost work by scheduling costly overtime when the strike ends. Those moves could boost...
...balance, Washington Post Columnist William Raspberry may be correct when he says, "If the question is whether to have blacks portrayed on TV as they are today (as stereotypes), or have them invisible, then obviously you go with what is-and hope for something better...