Word: moods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Elusive Mood...
Minister James Callaghan. Labor's former Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart went so far as to say that "there can be no solution of this problem except in the context of a united Ireland." The Conservative government, however, is in no mood to tinker with the existing setup. Ulster's Unionists, after all, have provided the Tories with at least nine or ten seats in the British Parliament (out of twelve for Northern Ireland) ever since 1921, and the Tories do not want to antagonize them...
...confused, rambling and directionless." The defense at various times argued that: 1) there was no large-scale killing at My Lai; 2) yes, there was a lot of killing but it had been done by helicopter and artillery rather than Galley's platoon; 3) the scared and vengeful mood of Galley's men made a slaughter inevitable and they could not be blamed; 4) Calley had not committed the charged crime, and well maybe he had, but he was acting under orders and suffering from mental stress...
...only there is a will for peace, all obstacles can be surmounted and peace will be achieved." In the year since, few obstacles have been surmounted, and a formula for peace has yet to be found. But the year-long respite has produced a profound change in the mood of the combatants (see box, following page...
...answer -and the answer was to give the lady out in Middle America what she wants. It's a salable look." Manhattan Designer Bill Blass is even more emphatic. "I have just returned from Minneapolis," he reports, "a city I consider a good barometer of the mood of the country, and I found women hungry for clothes...