Word: pasts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...November 1968 election to the signing of the Viet Nam peace treaty in January 1973. A second volume, now being written, will recount the period to January 1977, during most of which Kissinger was Secretary of State. Of all the memoirs that have issued from public figures in the past decade, none can match this one, with its description of how foreign policy was made and diplomacy carried out in this supersonic...
...Kennedy momentum has been soaring for the past fortnight as the Senator has sent out a series of unmistakable signals. First he dropped the remark that his mother Rose and his wife Joan had given him the go-ahead to make the race, not a startling revelation since the Senator is the head of his clan. But family considerations have been a major hindrance to his running for President. Next came a lunch with Carter and Rosalynn at the White House. "I am seriously considering entering the race," Kennedy told the President. Replied Carter: "I am definitely planning...
Church's position undeniably emboldened the opposition to SALT. Senator Scoop Jackson, who opposes SALT anyway, charged that the Soviets were building a "fortress Cuba." He noted that Cuba in the past two years has acquired sophisticated MiG-23s theoretically capable of penetrating the southeastern U.S. The military buildup, said Jackson, represents "a major change in what the Soviets and Cubans believe they can get away with in this part of the world." He demanded that the Soviets withdraw not only their combat troops but their planes, and that they promise to provide Cuba with no more submarines...
Reagan dwelt upon a favorite theme from the past: the size and waste of Big Government. "The energy crisis is the doing of Government," he said, and Washington should "turn the oil industry loose in the marketplace." But then, as he neared the end of his remarks, he gave the party faithful a glimpse of the "new" candidate that his staff aides have been promising. Instead of urging an arms buildup against the Soviets, he called for a mutual cutback on strategic nuclear weapons...
...Said Barnhurst: "Our bodies and minds will not know which way to go. Everyone knows you can't think and make love at the same time." The resulting frustration, she said, might lead to "increased vandalism and other types of misbehavior." In fact, she said, once while driving past a Hyannis motel with amber lights, she "wanted to scream, run and throw rocks through the windows." But she restrained herself because she is "61 and self-contained...