Word: mentioning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...objections. Surprising, however, was the extent to which the Soviets bent and shuffled in order to get as many signatures as possible on the dotted line. Moscow had once aimed to use the conference to read the Chinese out of the Communist movement. No such luck: all direct mention of the Chinese was knocked out of the final version. The Kremlin had also wanted to gain the parties' approval for the doctrine of limited sovereignty, by which the Soviet regime justifies the invasion of Czechoslovakia. Russia settled for a watered-down defense of "proletarian internationalism," qualified by strong declarations...
...Merle, a French writer of some past distinction, is at pains to demonstrate, taking the departments one by one. In fact, in the very long sections of the book justly given over to praise for the dolphins' character and accomplishments, only two bits of dolphin lore escape specific mention. The first is that dolphins seem to be pompous moralizers. The second is that dolphins have not only learned to read and speak English, they have learned to write novels, although not very well...
...night a broken peasant, cursing the fates. In effect, he becomes existential man, laughing at his own rueful destiny. When Mulligan dies, he makes Toperoff promise to bet all his meager savings in one last post-mortem race. It is his horseplayer's fitting, feckless (not to mention luckless) bid for immortality...
...scheduled visit to Brazil this week, the government ordered all editors to "collaborate in order to create a favorable climate for the stay among us of this representative of the Government of the United States of America on his trip of good will." More specifically, the order banned any mention of "hostile acts toward the illustrious visitor in any country of Latin America or reference to the postponement or cancellation of the visit." While Rocky is in Brazil, only positive news about the visit must be printed. Any demonstrations against him must be ignored...
...through tax and credit policies, commerce regulations and contracts-upon the very obscure and nascent businesses she most prizes. It is as if Mrs. Jacobs postulated that the vitality and effectiveness of a washerwoman's work can be judged by the vehemence of her elbows, while neglecting to mention the existence of washing machines...