Word: hoping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...term solution seems as elusive as ever. The Thatcher government has proposed an all-party conference in Northern Ireland to consider new initiatives, but the principal Protestant group, the Official Unionist Party, and the predominantly Catholic Social Democratic and Labor Party have both rejected the proposal. British officials nevertheless hope to get the parties to the table...
...ideals. Initially -and this is paramount-there must be a recognized administration in the North of Ireland that will command the support of both sides. That is the first step, a national priority. What will come from there I don't know. At least I hope that peace will come from...
...hope that the question could be avoided was dispelled last week when Michael Kinsley, editor of the New Republic, resigned because Editor in Chief Martin Peretz killed an article about Kennedy's alleged womanizing. Said Kinsley: "My impression is that it was not the substance of the piece that bothered Marty, but the concept of discussing people's personal lives in the New Republic. " Peretz curtly offered that it was not "the right kind of piece...
...hope was that in places where service was curtailed or ended altogether, commuter airlines flying small planes and endowed with subsidies would fill the gap. Indeed, in the past twelve months more than 60 such lines have started up. But as a group they are plagued by a shortage of suitable aircraft and a poor safety record. So far in 1979, crashes involving commuter planes have killed 61 persons...
...received without reflection. But it must be time to wonder how the promiscuous mingling of politics and show business affects the public's capacity to distinguish between imagery and substance. The question is not idle when asked about a society in which Actor John Wayne and Comedian Bob Hope could wind up widely admired not only as entertainers but as political philosophers...