Word: moribundity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...part, to the Viet Nam War and Washington's turning away from Europe to Asia. It can also be partly traced to the obstructionism of France and Charles de Gaulle's decision to kick NATO troops off French soil in the mid-'60s. But NATO is far from moribund. Coming after the squabbling within the alliance last winter, the Ottawa meeting offered reassuring evidence of that fact. The meeting changed nothing except the atmosphere, but that in itself is of some importance. The new French government of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing seems much more committed to the alliance than...
...rightist ultras are faced with a highly uncomfortable dilemma. The general's arrest or exile would surely shatter already shaky morale, if it did not lead to open revolt by the military. On the other hand, Spinola at liberty represents a viable symbol of an alternative to the moribund colonial policies of the regime. Already, countless thousands of Portuguese have been caught by the ringing rhetoric of his message: "A government policy can never be genuine unless it is guided by the desire of those who are governed. Those who really believe in the binding force of Portugality have...
...governments desire, to retain close economic, political and defense ties with Washington? Or, as the French maintain, must the Continent largely ignore U.S. interests? The French sometimes frame the choice in the context of continued hope for a united Europe. Said Premier Pierre Messmer: "Europe is not moribund." However, calling for "an extension of European cooperation, which we sincerely wish," he added that "it makes sense only in the affirmation of an authentic European personality." The French do not advocate withdrawal of the 310,000 U.S. troops now in Europe, but their recent obduracy may well strengthen the pressures back...
...Latin America. In 1943 they staged a coup against the bumbling government of Ramón Castillo (who, ironically, was pro-Nazi himself). Perón backed the naming of General Pedro Ramírez as a figurehead replacement. For himself, he cannily took the directorship of the moribund Department of Labor. Turning it into the government's most active branch, Perón used the department to help win the political support of Argentina's workers, a long-neglected group with great potential power...
...there will be a demonstration again this year, hopefully not because of anything like the mining of Haiphong, which provoked the one I am describing. There was a huge mass meeting of several hundred people, sponsored by The Crimson and all the radical groups that were not yet completely moribund and also several that were, and everyone adopted a set of demands and voted to go out on strike. The main controversy at the meeting. I believe, was over whether one of the demands should be the release of Russian Jews, but this demand was voted down after several speakers...