Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Throughout her visit, Thatcher repeatedly praised Carter and the American people for their restraint; Europe, after all, is concerned that U.S. patience may crack and lead to retaliatory action that would create even greater problems. "Our admiration," she said, "goes to the American people for their patience and wisdom and...
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Before winding up her whirlwind tour at a black-tie dinner given by Banker David Rockefeller, Thatcher gave an address before 2,000 luncheon guests at the Foreign Policy Association in Manhattan. Speaking with a sense of theater that many a politician might envy, she warned of Soviet expansionism, reaffirmed...
I am happy to have found good cause for my death and do not want to beg for my life. Give me the capital punishment but show mercy to the others." For Kim Jae Kyu, former Korean Central Intelligence Agency chief accused of murdering President Park Chung Hee last Oct...
The swift completion of the trial reflected the sense of urgency on the part of Park's elected successor, Choi Kyu Hah, to try to keep the country on the path to normality after the trauma of the assassination. Yet Choi himself, who was formally inaugurated as President last...