Word: overplaying
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...There is no doubt about it. Fifteen years ago, a prominent West German politician used to quip that Germany economically was a giant but politically was a dwarf. I don't think that this holds true any longer. But I am rather cautious that nobody in Bonn overplay Germany's hand. There still is the unique vulnerability of this divided nation. There still is the sensitivity of all our neighbors in Europe, who well remember what was done to them in the German name under Hitler...
...think some of our students and others in the athletic department can take themselves too seriously at times. When it comes down to it, (sports) is still a game--though a great one; and it's possible to overdo it and overplay...
...want to overplay it, or anything," junior Kevin Shaw said after practice yesterday, "but it's more than a rivalry, really. This is the match the team's been gunning for all year...
Nonetheless, just as both sides in a labor negotiation can overplay their hands and wind up with a strike that nobody wanted, the Japanese-U.S. trade impasse is dangerous. Any effort by Fukuda to reduce Japanese import barriers further will meet fierce opposition from Japanese farmers, businessmen and workers. On the U.S. side, the Carter Administration must win some significant concessions from Japan soon, or Congress may enact highly restrictive limits on Japanese goods sold in the U.S. At week's end Ushiba was headed back to Japan for consultations, and officials in the Japanese government were mentioning...
While final negotiations for the trip were taking shape, the U.S. was on the sidelines cheering. Along with playing postman, Washington provided security and intelligence information to both parties?but carefully refrained from offering too much advice. The main fear of U.S. diplomats was that Israel might overplay its hand, which could have disastrous results; but State Department analysts also felt that Begin and Sadat understood each other and each other's needs and would get along. President Carter chatted with the two by telephone before the visit. Sadat said he was "excited, enthusiastic and confident"; the President hoped...