Word: keening
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...United States should concentrate all its efforts on pressuring d'Aubuisson to moderate his policies and bring about constructive negotiations with the left. If the Administration is so keen on giving money to El Salvador, let it be for specific economic projects...
...actor and Knapp meets that challenge. Maintaining his seemingly subservient character throughout the play. Knapp sprinkles his common mannerisms with a casualness that reduces the plot to its ultimate theme: a struggle to follow one's beliefs. Knapp embodies his character with a subtle insolence--almost cynicism--through his keen looks and carefully gauged facial expressions. Although the Common Man fawns at his various masters' feet, his very submission enables him to retain a distance from the other characters...
...some other efforts. Hoagland falters. "Cairo Observed," written in 1976, shows as clearly as ever its author's keen eye with rich descriptions of men in flowing kaffiyehs, paupers begging and the screaming traffic of Cairo. Yet, Hoagland's political analysis of the Middle East is dated and surprisingly simplistic. The piece ends with the lame advice that Egypt faces a variety of grave situations and "it behooves us to wish her well, as we have not always done...
...lure law-abiding visitors to Leavenworth. A local businessman has offered to donate ten acres of land, and town officials are busily devising schemes to raise funds to build the library. The former President has not been consulted, but the Chicago Sun Times, begging his pardon, is keen on the idea. Editorialized the paper: "You know, we had a feeling he'd make it there some...
...delightful person with a keen sense of humor." Price added...