Word: overstay
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While accepting the rationale for Soviet, Cuban and East German intervention in Ethiopia and Angola, Obasanjo argued that East-bloc aid to black Africa must have limits. "The Soviets should not overstay their welcome," he warned. "Africa is not about to throw off one colonial yoke for another. The Soviets should therefore see it to be in their interest not to seek to perpetually maintain their presence even after the purpose for which they were invited has been achieved. This way they run the risk of being dubbed a new imperial power, as indeed they already are being called even...
...Canadian football, and George played briefly with the Minnesota Vikings. Chuck, who changed the spelling of his last name from Munsey because "Muncie goes back to my grandfather and great-grandfather," wants to be drafted by a California team. But wherever he ends up, Muncie does not plan to overstay his welcome. He is thinking of attending law school during the off-seasons, because of his concern about white-collar crime. For the next few years, though, N.F.L. defenses will have their hands full trying to collar Chuck Muncie...
Perhaps Sartre realizes that he cannot overstay his occupation as a writer and when he insists that "I have decided--I say it loud and clear: I have decided--that I have said everything I had to say," it is no less than an affirmation of his freedom...