Word: lulled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...swift swings between lull and violence, hope and despair, the Viet Nam War has often had a manic character to it. Never more so than in the latest extraordinary episode in which, within the space of 40 days, the world moved from a sense of peace at last at hand, to the most brutal U.S. bombing of the war, to Washington's declaration late last week that the secret Paris peace talks would begin again on Jan. 8. Through Deputy Press Secretary Gerald Warren, President Nixon announced that he was halting the massive aerial punishment of North Viet...
EVEN ASSUMING THAT Kennedy's "olive branch" to real remarks do not presage a lasting detente in the liberal Cold War against Nixon. As predictably as taxes fail to rise in election years, opposition candidates escalate their fire when campaigns accelerate. But the current lull in fighting is more than a ceasefire. It is a sweeping retrenchment, and it marks a huge change in Kennedy's strategy for the '76 election...
...Christmas rock 'n' roll lull is upon us. Between now and New Year's about the most interesting thing in town will be the continuing hassles with the Fire Department and the licensing people. Whether the house full of lit matches will continue to be Boston's cry of "We want more!" remains to be seen. For myself, the Aquarius Theatre is still the last place I'd want to be in a fire. Meanwhile....West, Bruce and Laing. This is one of Don Law's popular demand engagements. But WBL must be doing something right, because a return show...
...dead-end impasse. The original agreements, in effect, were being torn up, and negotiations had to begin anew. South Viet Nam's President Nguyen Van Thieu was about to blow up any agreement he did not like anyway. So went the ominous reports last week as another lull in the battle for peace inspired nervous speculation. In fact, the situation was not at all that sour. There were sound reasons for cautious optimism as the secret talks were to resume this week and Henry Kissinger resumed his commuting to Paris. In tribute to his tireless comings and goings, some...
...usually a military man, whether he be in the factory, commune or civil service. My great fear is not that we're going to take the course that you Westerners are so frightened of-expansion in Asia. What we're afraid of is that this temporary lull in the Cultural Revolution may end and we will become victims of a new Cultural Revolution and the puritanism it produces...