Word: persisting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with his usual quirky vigor and never loses sight of the quotidian world in which mystic chords get written: glossing one of his own scores, he recalls such details of its composition as "a particular face on television, a stab of heartburn, the cat licking my toes." Those who persist through the occasional thickets of crotchets and quavers will find in this little book the middle C of Anthony Burgess...
After years of wrangling over the format of the negotiations, the talks began with a general goal of cutbacks to 700,000 ground troops for both sides and a proportional amount of equipment. Within days the major problems appeared that persist almost unchanged today...
...same time, wide cultural and social gaps persist. Few G.I.s speak German, and many lack a high school education. On the other side of the fence, racial discrimination against black U.S. soldiers by West German bar, restaurant and store owners crops up all too often. The military's attempt to isolate U.S. troops as much as possible from West Germans to avoid direct confrontation has in part been counterproductive. "There is a strong feeling that Americans in general don't know much about Germany and don't care much about it," says Peter Bielke, who helped blockade...
...several days in 1976, burning books and vandalizing schools before being brutally quelled by South African Police. Dozens of Black students were killed in the riots, outraging many students here and prompting a wave of demonstrations against the conditions of inequality for Black and whites in South Africa that-persist today. "The 1976 Soweto riots rally generated an enormous amount of students activity [on U.S campuses]. "Says Gail Hovey, research coordinator for the American committee on Africa (ACOA). After that start, others add, the students movement has sustained its momentum. "Seven years after Soweto, despite the fact that almost...
...several days in 1976, burning books and vandalizing schools before being brutally quelled by South African police. Dozens of Black students were killed in the riots, outraging many students here and prompting a wave of demonstrations against the conditions of inequality for Blacks and whites in South Africa that persist today. "The 1976 Soweto riots really generated an enormous amount of student activity [on U.S. campuses]," says Gail Hovey, research coordinator for the American Committee on Africa (ACOA). After that start, others add, the student movement has sustained its momentum. "Seven years after Soweto, despite the fact that almost...