Word: moods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even though Mrs. Gandhi held most of the bargaining cards and Bhutto had engaged in some pre-summit bluster at home, both leaders arrived at Simla in a conciliatory mood, apparently anxious to take steps that would avoid more bloodshed on the subcontinent. They agreed that the ongoing negotiations (Mrs. Gandhi has been invited to Pakistan in September) would be bilateral. Neither side has been entirely happy in the past when one or the other of the big powers mediated their disputes. Moreover, the December war, which resulted in the birth of an independent Bangladesh, unalterably changed the balance...
...threat: "It's an incredible, rotten, stinking political steal. I'm not going to support anybody who is elected by crooked and unethical procedures. I wouldn't have any part of a convention that would sustain this kind of shabby back-room dealing." Later, when his mood had cooled and he realized that his fight had just begun, McGovern seemed to change his mind. "I don't want to make any threats," he said. "If the Democratic nominee is nominated according to the rules, in a way I think is fair and honorable...
...event left them in a bitter mood. Earlier in the week, McGovern had announced euphorically that a new bloc of 96 black delegates had "put us over the top" by assuring him of 1,510½ convention votes. As it turned out, many of the new votes had been counted twice, and the total amounted to somewhere between 55 and 60. After the California decision, McGovern forces on the Credentials Committee rammed through a successful challenge unseating Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley and 58 other uncommitted delegates. McGovern stands to get 41 of those delegates, but he hardly seemed...
...that flooded into their countries. Thus they headed off at least temporarily the possibility of still another dollar devaluation and protected the present values of other weak currencies. Still, there may well be new blowups ahead. A top officer of Zurich's Credit Suisse bank summed up the mood among Europe's moneymen: "We have some very hot days before...
...toll: arguments and counter-arguments were made lackadaisically and motions to adjourn were repeatedly introduced by a tired and bored audience. McGovern's convincing victory in the Massachusetts primary that day had injected a feeble note of optimism in the proceedings, but it was still clear that the activist mood was departing as quickly as it had come. And when the black students filed out of Mass Hall two days later, the return to term-papers and lab assignments was virtually complete...