Word: note
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that if Dubček does not act himself, he can expect "international help"-meaning from Red army troops. Dubček hardly seemed prepared to acknowledge any of this, but he did throw a pacifier Moscow's way. His party Presidium, replying to a harsh Soviet note, rigorously denied charges that the country's frontier with West Germany was inadequately defended. But the Czechoslovaks agreed to transfer Lieut. General Václav Prchlik from his party post as chief of security for the army back to strictly military duties. The Russians had accused Prchlik, who recently demanded...
...much talk about the burning (even fire stations), looting, shooting and overall rioting. But how long could the Black man sing the same old song, "WE SHALL OVERCOME." He in many instances has changed that tune to "WE SHALL OVER RUN" and wherever his beautiful black hands strike a note, the cold, bitter, angry music leaves a melody that lingers...
Since ostentatious display is frowned upon, scrupulous underconsumption, mixed with an unreal vagueness about income sources and feigned ignorance of the costs of goods, is easily mistaken for "real wealth." Lest you scoff, note the commoners around you who drop names with a straight face, the bar fly who mutters, "I never should have dropped Bauxite," and the man who, professing to enjoy driving his Volkswagen, laughs lightly at a streaking Lear Jet, shaking his head quizzically and mumbling "Nouveau riche." Which is to say, it works, and has been working for quite some time. Convincing people is only...
...complacent nonsense." The British are not used to such harsh, direct attacks on their politicians, and Heath's blast prompted that unorthodox but stoutly Tory peer Lord Boothby to come to Wilson's defense. Boothby rose in the House of Lords and, in ironic tones, took note of Wilson's ability to recover. "The Prime Minister may not walk on the water today," he said, "but I believe he may well be walking on the water the day after tomorrow." (Laughter in the House...
...United Nations; in London. Cool and detached, impeccable in dress and manner, Cadogan came to epitomize the "Foreign Office type" during his 42-year career, was a chief wartime adviser to Winston Churchill as head of the Foreign Office from 1938 to 1946, and with peace sounded a note of quiet logic amid all the squabbles at the infant...