Word: moods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mysterious way, something does happen. The idea of the poem as a room where the poet lingers but can never be fully seen sets just the right mood of alienation for its message. It's a simple statement, but what could not work well alone, comes off nicely here...
...evaluate the current mood of the House on the difficult question of impeachment, MacNeil spent nearly ten days on Capitol Hill, talking not only with House leaders but also with dozens of rank-and-file Congressmen of both parties. After he had put his material together, he checked some last-minute details with O'Neill and learned a bit of bad news: despite his diet, the Massachusetts Congressman confessed, he gained two pounds during the time he had spent lunching and dining with MacNeil...
...President's combative mood was most evident in two meetings with members of Congress, held over coffee and tea in the Cabinet Room. He conducted a 40-minute monologue on foreign policy and the economy for 19 Republican legislators before turning to Watergate. Then he blamed "the daily pounding by the press" for his troubles...
...check on the mood of the reassembling Congressmen, O'Neill was prowling the floor, the Speaker's lobby. cloakrooms, back offices, even...
...that would make the Administration's fuel-allocation and conservation measures legally binding. Energy Chief William E. Simon is afraid that unless these measures are quickly made mandatory, consumers will slacken their so far successful conservation efforts, particularly if the Arab oil flow resumes. Yet in its present mood of hostility to oil companies, Congress will almost certainly ignore the President's request and stick with the original Emergency Energy Act, including some provision to limit excess profits. If so, the President has indicated that he will veto the measure...