Word: moods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Before he departed, Nixon held one of his rare meetings with the full Cabinet. Perhaps he felt that its members deserved a report or some reassurance from him. The mood, said one participant, was one of "concern bordering on despair." Watergate was clearly the dominant subject of conversation. "We're going to clear it up," Nixon told the Cabinet. Later, almost with an air of "this too shall pass," he said that "things...
...Israelis have never been known for understatement, and the grandeur of the anniversary will accurately reflect the country's prevailing mood. Although it has plenty of unresolved social and political tensions, Israel today exists in a state of euphoria. And why not? Militarily, it has never been stronger. Economically, it has never been more prosperous. Statistically, its achievements in the past 25 years are virtually unparalleled in history...
Already skirting bankruptcy, many colleges need more income from tuition and government subsidies. Schools in serious trouble therefore must attract more students, and others must at least maintain stable enrollments. Thus the mood was bearish at many admissions offices last week. Even as college acceptances were being mailed to 3,000,000 high school seniors, various surveys found that applications for next fall's freshman classes at many four-year colleges had declined...
...That mood, though disruptive, is hardly unreasonable. The Government reported at week's end that consumer prices in March jumped a shocking .8% after seasonal adjustment. That equaled the February increase, which was the largest in 22 years. In the first quarter, living costs soared at an annual rate of 8.8%, more than triple the 2.5% figure that Nixon has set as a goal. Retail food prices leaped 3.2% in March alone, the biggest rise since record-keeping began in 1952. The price surge all but ended the second honeymoon between AFL-CIO Chief George Meany and the White...
...bulk of the play is a retelling of the Oresteia legend, and it makes for some restive or torpid listening depending on the playgoer's mood. The basic story line is intact. With his fleet becalmed on the way to Troy, Agamemnon (W.B. Brydon) sacrifices his daughter Iphigenia to win the gods' favor. His embittered wife Clytemnestra takes a lover, Aegisthus, who murders Agamemnon upon his return from the war. The dead king's son, Orestes, goaded to revenge by his sister Electra, proceeds to murder his mother and Aegisthus. Rabe has drastically minimized Electra...