Word: outwards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...omen seekers, the outward signs were propitious. Secretary of State James Baker bounded down the stairs, hurried to Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze's side and offered a hearty handshake. Smiling and pumping arms, they then began their maiden meeting in the glittering, baroque Festsaal in the sprawling Hofburg, that imperial crescent of stone buildings in the heart of Vienna. The locale was rich with inspiration: in 1815 the Congress of Vienna convened at the nearby chancellery to redraw the political face of Europe. Last week's gathering of 35 foreign ministers ushered in a modern-day reprise to redraft...
Skocpol also emphasized what she felt were outward signs of uncertainty from the new Bush administration. She cited Bush's new rhetoric on child care, Jack Kemp's on a housing solution, and Elizabeth Dole's backing of certain unions as signals that the "time is ripe for Democratic Socialists to mobilize public opinion...
...outward manifestations of the debate are easily sighted: witness the pink triangles and blue squares posted in students' windows all around the Mather House courtyard...
Putting a hotel on the Gulf station site would upset the balance. The bustle and commotion of the Square's western end--now relatively self-contained--would be pushed outward, destroying the area's neighborhood atmosphere...
...certainly falls short. She knows this risk and consistently runs it anyhow. Her obsession remains the untidy world where everyone actually lives, where headlines daily scream out the unthinkable and where nice people find themselves behaving in ways they can barely imagine, much less condone. The McCulloughs' marriage, despite outward appearances, is far from perfect; the author deftly reveals the stresses and fault lines that have built up over the years. But these problems do not lead logically to what Ian calls "this sudden terrible fury that has ruined our lives." These people have not earned and do not deserve...