Word: merely
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...propping up the legitimate government of Lebanon had been achieved-and without gunfire. The West's thrust into the Middle East had temporarily jolted even Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser into comparative sobriety. The Russians had responded to the West's show of force with mere bluster-a fact that in time may sink into many a Middle Eastern mind. And so it was that when President Eisenhower conferred with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and other top team members at the White House early in the week, the most pressing problem was not what...
...upset the world balance of power . . . The balance of power in turn depends upon the outcome in the Middle East. And in the present circumstances, the outcome in the Middle East depends upon the outcome in Iraq. Most of the reasons for not taking action [in Iraq] are mere twaddle-Hammarskjold-twaddle, world opinion-twaddle, other kinds of twaddle...
Sobolev dismissed the U.S. evidence as mere hearsay-odna baba skazala ("an old woman said . . ."). Before the voting on the Russian, U.S. and Swedish resolutions began, he jubilantly declared that if his own was defeated, he would call for an emergency session of the General Assembly. Then, using Russia's 84th veto, he killed off the U.S. resolution calling for a U.N. force. Only he and Sweden voted for the Swedish resolution, only...
...American obsession with romantic love. "The American secular image of marriage and the family is schizoid in its romantic inability to face reality. Prudential consideration in the seeking of one's life partner, such as the desirability of similar backgrounds, interests and ideals, seems to these teenagers a mere censorious haggling of killjoy elders and the unromantic benighted drudges of society. The typical teen-ager's byword today is: 'If I love him, that's all that matters...
...program, which would cost millions to reproduce in the U.S., runs on a mere $500,000, chiefly because many artists agreed to work for the Equity minimum, or came at their own expense. Coordinator Dalrymple still has a number of dates open. But however she fills them, her program has already made a lasting impression on bedazzled Europeans...