Word: misse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many seem to miss the sense of national unity and purpose they felt under Stalin in World War II and the hope that peace would bring real freedom. For them, Stalin's birthday is an event to be remembered, if not celebrated. Says one Moscow intellectual: "The longing is not for Stalin himself; very few people approve of that style of leadership. It's the dream they miss...
...happening to them.' " Vice President Walter Mondale complained that "even prisoners of war are guaranteed certain standards of human treatment, but these standards are being dragged in the dirt." Rosalynn Carter voiced the same refrain in campaign appearances for her husband in Washington, New York City and Jackson, Miss., calling the captives "hostages of a mob and a government that have become one and the same." Secretary of State Cyrus Vance demanded that Iran permit neutral doctors to examine the hostages. Ghotbzadeh did relent a bit on this point, saying that the government had decided to allow some foreign...
...most obscure was Ernest Griset, whose influence can be seen in the works of such disparate artists as Beatrix Potter, creator of Peter Rabbit, and the whole phalanx of present-day New Yorker cartoonists. In Ernest Griset by Lionel Lambourne (Thames & Hudson; 88 pages; $8.95), even hints of Miss Piggy can be seen in the antic portraits of hogs and frogs and owls. The result is a rare pictorial biograph that shuttles between serious analysis and pure nonsense...
...distinguished Southern newspaper editor who, despite frequent threats, crusaded courageously against the Huey Long machine in Louisiana and for the civil rights of blacks in Mississippi. After majoring in international affairs at Princeton, young Hodding took over the family's Delta Democrat-Times in Greenville, Miss. He helped organize a biracial Democratic Party in Mississippi and led its successful fight to unseat the all-white regular delegation at the 1968 National Convention. He joined Jimmy Carter's campaign early in 1976 and now jokes: "I was chosen for this job either because I was a small-town editor...
...Flatt's miss hurt Harvard, the Rams' freethrows were tantamount to suicide. Fordham went 15 for 30, and in the waning moments folded completely at the charity stripe...