Word: hoping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Treaty backers found some small hope in Haig's vague statement. They were even more cheered by an unexpectedly early signal from Senator Sam Nunn. The Georgia Democrat announced that he would vote for SALT II if annual defense spending were boosted about 5% (after inflation) for the next five years. Said he: "In the absence of such a commitment, the SALT II treaty will become nothing more than an instrument for registering emerging Soviet military superiority...
...JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN, historian: We are too much inclined to view history from the standpoint of great men. This I think is a dangerous exercise. Blacks, in particular, have been caught up in what I call the Booker T. Washington syndrome, the idea that there is someone who speaks for the black...
Several obstacles must yet be overcome. Among them: getting the bacteria to produce pure HGH and testing the substance in living creatures, including man. Still, the scientists hope that within two years vats of genetically redesigned E. coli will be acting as minifactories, churning out sufficient somatotropin to treat dwarfism. There may also be enough to test a long held suspicion: that HGH can help heal burns, wounds, bone fractures and even bleeding ulcers...
There was nothing extraordinary about Lili's camaraderie with the secret police. After all, Soviet society, including the literary salons, was riddled with spies, as Nadezhda Mandelstam, the widow of the Russian poet Osip Mandelstam, recalled in her magnificent memoir Hope Against Hope. Had Mayakovsky not tak en his own life, he would surely have fallen victim to such informers, as Mandelstam and hundreds of other writers did during the Great Purges of the late '30s. But who could be held accountable for his actions? asked Nadezhda Mandelstam. Her answer may apply to all the characters...
When the ending of a film is altered late in production, the change-Coppola notwithstanding-is usually made in the hope of raising box office receipts. Alterations often come after a preview audience has seen the movie and filled out questionnaires, which are studied by Hollywood executives with the same kind of eager dread White House aides must feel when they pore over the latest Gallup. Even the best and most independent directors find audience reaction helpful: Stanley Kubrick first filmed a wild custard-pie fight between the Americans and the Soviets as a final scene for Dr. Strangelove...