Word: ironed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Overspoken. In New York City, he sketched briefly a post-Viet Nam foreign policy that envisioned "open doors rather than iron curtains," the "building of peaceful bridges" toward Communist China, new efforts toward arms control, multilateral development programs for the hungry nations. To those who accuse the U.S. of "arrogance of power," he replied that America has nothing to apologize for; yet he used none of the hyperbolic terms that have marked some of his foreign policy pronouncements in recent years. Later he even acknowledged that perhaps "we overspoke ourselves" in promising to "go any place, any time" to negotiate...
...year ago, it required the diligence of a scholar or the enthusiasm of a displaced patriot to inform oneself on current events in Central and Eastern Europe. It is good to see that the Iron Curtain is now rusting on both sides...
...conquered the fear of death." King was well aware of his vulnerability. After the strategy session, King washed and dressed for dinner. Then he walked out of Room 306 onto the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine to take the evening air. Leaning casually on the green iron railing he chatted with his co-workers readying his Cadillac sedan in the dusk below...
Glad to Unload. The Russians, on the other hand, have been bending over backward to be nice to Iran. Capitalizing on the Shah's determination to industrialize, they offer him heavy machinery and even fully installed industrial plants, complete with Soviet technicians, in exchange for iron ore and petroleum that the Iranians are only too glad to unload. Five other East European countries have followed Russia's lead, and together they have agreed to build him 19 major factories, 500 miles of railroad and a pipeline that will carry natural gas from the gulf to the Caspian...
...towering pines and largely free of man-made hazards. "We don't have to spend money building bunkers or maintaining them," explains Clifford Roberts, 74, the austere, bespectacled New York investment banker who, as Jones's deputy, rules both Augusta National and the Masters tournament with an iron hand. "We don't want to look at the ugly things the year round." No tennis courts, no swimming pool, no children's playgrounds adorn the Augusta National-nothing, in short, to detract from golf...