Word: listen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gaulle moves a little ponderously. But le Vieux refers as much to political vulnerability as it does to venerability. During the Middle Eastern crisis, De Gaulle was exposed as an emperor without clothes. Suddenly it turned out to be unimportant for anybody to take his advice, or even listen politely. His condemnation of Israel has left much of French public opinion outraged and many in his own party dissatisfied. Last week, by putting more barriers in the way of British entry into the Common Market, De Gaulle further alienated his European allies, who feel that Britain belongs...
...that kept coming to mind was "exquisite." Jaime Laredo's near-flawless intonation enabled him to give the most moving rendition of the "Kreutzer's" opening double-stop solo I have ever heard. As one member of the audience said, it was a pleasure to sit back and to listen to a violinst without having to cringe. As a team the Laredos often seemed to compete with each other. But when they both agreed on a sound, the effect was breathtaking--as when Mrs. Laredo brought herself to match her husband's pianissimo. For those who heard the second movement...
...Arabs are busy blaming just about everybody but themselves for the fact that great gobs of their territory lie in Israeli hands. They are irritated with Russia for suggesting that they will have to be more reasonable as a condition of more economic aid. They are dismayed as they listen day after day to Israeli politicians talk of imposing ever tougher terms for a settlement. They curse the U.S. and Britain...
Still, Hussein believes that if he can only bring the summit off, he has at least a fighting chance to convince the leftist leaders-who are, after all, under pressure from Russia-to listen to reason. "We Jordanians might be in a position to influence their thinking," he says. If not, Hussein intends to ask for their tacit consent for Jordan's coming to terms with Israel alone. If even their neutrality is denied him, Hussein may just go ahead without the consent of his fellow Arab leaders. "If it is absolutely impossible to reach agreement," says a close...
...church serious? Does it expect its members to begin now to amend their lives, do justly, and love mercy? Does it expect people who hold power in corporations, universities, and governments to listen to its witnesses and respond...