Word: mountain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...forces to charge the real villain, the expense account meal. If so, Carter's instincts were true. Bernard De Voto, writing eloquently back in 1951 about the glories of the martini, explained: "The martini is a city dweller, a metropolitan. It is not to be drunk beside a mountain stream or anywhere else in the wilds . . ." Like Plains...
...Geneva settlement is like a tall mountain, full of crevices and sharp rocks. Therefore, you don 't go to it in a straight line. You go through zigs and zags. You even go down a little bit, then you keep moving. As long as you know where you're going, that's what's important. And we know where we're going. We know we 've got to make zigs and zags...
Meanwhile, during his appearance before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Carter attempted to set a course for the Geneva mountain somewhere between the declaration with the Soviets and his deal with Dayan. During his 35-minute address, Carter touched on many of the code words and phrases most cherished by both sides in the Middle East debate (see box). He supported legitimate Palestinian "rights" ?which Carter, in a slip of the tongue that drew a chuckle from even the somber Dayan, first called "Panamanian" rights. (One Latin American delegate observed, "He's hung up on the canal...
...Antarctic bergs are broad, flat and better suited for towing than Arctic ones, which are mountain-shaped and irregular...
After the press conference, Van Vleck returned home to catch his breath and plow through the growing mountain of telegrams...