Word: joining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...classmates who had gone to the earlier parties were no longer puzzled. But some 60 more had waited for the climactic boat ride to join in, so the inevitable protests of recognition -"Oh, I remember you!"-still rang out as the passengers mingled among tables and chairs arrayed on the Liberty Belle's three decks...
...James Callaghan charged that these cases "bear some of the hallmarks of the trials we knew in Stalin's day" (see box). In Israel, where attacks on Soviet Jews are perceived as a family tragedy, Premier Menachem Begin said that Shcharansky's "only sin was that he wanted to join his people in Israel." In Italy, a statement issued by Italian Communist Party Chief Enrico Berlinguer proclaimed: "Convictions for crimes of opinion cannot be tolerated...
...other President since Franklin Roosevelt. Once on the job, every one of them feels a singular kinship with the past. Their interest in the men who have marched before them deepens. They search for new meaning in the successes of their predecessors, seek solace in the frailties. They join the processions of history...
...chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, and his successor, Theodore Mann. The White House hoped their presence might persuade the Israelis that the Administration's Middle East policies enjoy the backing of the American Jewish community. (Other U.S. Jewish leaders, however, refused to join the Mondale entourage.) From Israel, the Vice President planned to stop briefly in Egypt to see President Anwar Sadat...
...long among the Californicators. At one point she wonders: "How do I even know if I'm having a successful sex life?" Though most of the book depicts surfer-stewardess relationships among muddled narcissists, Seligson concludes that the "valiant gropings" of her subjects are truly heroic. She cannot join the free spirits herself, because demon jealousy still haunts her. But, she says, "I'll be rooting and cheering for them. From the sidelines...