Word: losely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...charged that De Gaulle had acted illegally in breaking his military treaty commitments to NATO, and that he was wrong in saying the NATO structure would be impossible to amend. Moreover, said the U.S., if French troops are withdrawn from NATO command on July 1 as planned, they will lose access to the U.S.-owned nuclear warheads in West Germany, which France now shares under the "two-key" system. The U.S. insisted not only that it will need at least two years to remove its troops but that NATO will need an equal time to move its military headquarters. After...
...ministers at a meeting: "I see no sense in letting indecision over the timetable drag on forever." Of course not, since he wants the evacuation to begin before the parliamentary elections next spring, in which he fears that the Gaullists might have their majority trimmed or even lose it. That, in addition to the stiff-backed attitude of the U.S., could make it considerably tougher for him to carry out his dismantling plans for NATO...
Mary McCarthy chose character study rather than plot to get her through those seven years, and the movie has followed her example. Dottie (Joan Hackett) of Chapter 2 fame, is from Boston and decides to lose her virginity with a Greenwich Village artist. Helena (Kathleen Widdoes) is the daughter of an industrialist, sexually "neuter" and Valedictorian. Libby (Jessica Walter) is a bitch who becomes a career woman in the publishing world. Polly (Shirly Knight) runs metabolism tests because the money ran out for her doctor's education, and keeps a delightfully insane father. Priss (Elizabeth Hartman) worked for NRA, then...
...kings of the $3 billion-a-year fever, reigning over tables at which men and women do not gamble because they are on holiday, as they might at Deauville or Baden, but as part of their casual daily entertainment. It is not exceptional to see players win or lose $50,000 or so of an evening. Since gambling was legalized in 1960, it has been taken up by just about everyone. Little old ladies now venture their shillings in flourishing bingo halls like the Burnt Oak off Edgware Road, and Britons placed $7,000,000 worth of bets...
...lose sight...