Word: moods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Indeed, the U.S. response was chilly. While the State Department, after a three-day pause, merely expressed "regret" that Israel had not been more forthcoming, Washington's mood was spelled out more bluntly by one of Israel's leading champions, New York's Republican Senator Jacob Javits. On the Senate floor, Javits said unhappily that the Begin government's answer was "a disappointment," a petulant declaration that is "the wrong signal, at the wrong time, and argues with the wrong party ... I hope this is not Israel's last word...
...complicated tournament (games were played at two sites in Buenos Aires and in four provincial cities). Somewhat to the surprise of some European journalists, who came expecting blood in the streets and confusion and incompetence in the arrangements, the great soccer carnival was run with efficiency, and the prevailing mood was one of warm hospitality. A foreigner walking through the swarming center of Buenos Aires was in danger of being danced with, and no visitor could escape being asked by young schoolgirls or dignified businessmen to predict Argentina's victory in the final...
...compromise that would be backed by the Cabinet and stave off major resignations for the moment. But Begin's reluctance to commit himself to yielding Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank was increasingly viewed as untenable and unrealistic, even by members of his Cabinet. The bitter mood building against the Premier was underscored last week by a member of the Knesset from Begin's Likud coalition. "Labor managed to wreck Israel in 29 years of government," he said. "We [the Likud] managed to do it in only...
...result of it all, the mood of Soweto last week was one of depression. The titles of plays being produced by Soweto playwrights reflect the joyless tone: "How Long?" "To Hell With Death" or "Lord Why" (which was also banned last week as provocative). A young black couple who named their newborn infant Vuyolweth, ("our happiness" in Xhosa language) were criticized by friends for picking such a joyful name in such sad times. Recent elections for seats on a new Community Council to replace the old Urban Bantu Council drew a scant 6% of Soweto's 137,000 eligible...
Some of this is happenstance and some of it is genius. To begin with, the essential mood of a Chekhov play is autumnal, even when it is populated by the young. The typical theater audience is, in the main, middleaged. There is scarcely a middle-aged man or woman who does not ask himself or herself in the course of a day or a week, "Why am I doing this? Why am I living like this? If only...