Word: moods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Congressmen and party leaders were nearly heroic. They were called in lots ranging from six Southern Democratic Senators to 78 Republican Congressmen. The sessions gradually expanded from an unsatisfying Nixon monologue to a tough exchange of views. Many of the President's listeners were impressed by his combative mood and at least outward confidence under fire...
...Washington. Ghorbal, who was Sadat's press adviser, speaks with some authority. Egypt feels that the Arab world has purged itself of the shame and humiliation of June 1967. Yet the Egyptians have not become arrogant. There is still self-doubt, expressed in mercurial shifts of public mood that ranges from a grim belief that war must resume to soaring projections about the potentials of peace. Through it all, the Egyptians have retained their traditional tolerance, indolence and humor. Until the cease-fire checkpoints were turned over to UNEF, a favorite Cairo joke was that all the food going...
...Relaxed Mood. No one really seems to be paying much attention. Down on Shameen Island, the gently crumbling foreign-concession area built by the 19th century European traders along the Pearl River banks, old men squat placidly over a game of cards and little girls hop in unison over their skipping ropes. Canton's mood is relaxed, visibly so in the curious but friendly glances foreigners get, or in the newly repainted names of stores: MOON BEAM FRUIT STORE and EASTERN SEA HERBAL MEDICINES now glow in soft pastels where only a few years ago there were strident slogans...
...human intelligence, but faculties needed for specific tasks. Even in these contexts, but more critically in the context of school testing, it is important to evaluate the results of an I.Q. test in the light of the previous experience of the person entering the test situation: his mood, attitudes, motivations, anxieties affect his performance and depend on emotional and cultural factors which are almost never properly evaluated. The test itself is no more than a diagnostic, a sophisticated kind of x-ray; and even the most "objective" x-ray plate is interpreted differently by different experts...
Even after Israel's government announced that it and Egypt had accepted the U.S.-endorsed cease-fire plan, Jerusalem's mood remained sober and suspicious. Professor Louis Guttman, a well-known public opinion analyst, found that 84% of his countrymen believe that the Arabs' primary goal is to destroy Israel...