Word: moments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most dramatic moment in the entire conference came in the midst of a speech by Deputy Leader George Brown, one of Wilson's most outspoken foes. Since his defeat for the leadership eight months ago, Brown and his sizable following had remained the last threat to Wilson's dominance. Turning abruptly to Wilson in mid-speech, he blurted: "As one who was not exactly happy about the outcome, I want to say now I am happy . . ." The rest of the sentence was drowned in a mighty roar of applause that only subsided a minute later when Wilson stood...
Temporarily forgotten are the days, only two years ago, when Radio Cairo vilified Hussein as a "traitor by inheritance-the son, grandson and great-grandson of traitors." Overlooked for the moment is the bloody Nasserite rioting in Amman last April, which Hussein put down with guns and armored cars. Instead, the bitter feud has suddenly dissolved in a sweet embrace. The common foe is now the revolutionary Baath regimes in Syria and Iraq, which have smashed Nasser's hopes for hegemony in the Middle East, and are stirring up a revolution in Jordan...
...moment, Athenagoras and the other patriarchs will not join them, but not out of malice toward Rome...
...result of his recent refusal to ratify the test ban treaty, Goldwater's position on disarmament has become well known: he opposes either unilateral or negotiated action. "At this moment in history, the disarmament concept is an effective weapon in the hands of the Communists and a danger to the freedom of mankind," he commented in August. Foreign aid, too, would receive a stern rebuff, if Goldwater were President. During his ten years in the Senate he has never recorded a vote for a final foreign aid authorization or appropriations bill...
...view to become acceptable to a wider portion of the electorate. Goldwater's recent vote against the popular test ban treaty indicates, for the present at least, a decision to maintain the integrity of his previous beliefs. Whether this implies "political suicide," as Lippmann contends, remains, for the moment, academic...