Word: pits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Second World War, it was clear to both Churchill and de Gaulle that America would henceforth hold a mortgage on the fate of Europe. But the two men responded to this fact in different ways. As Churchill told de Gaulle: "It is better to persuade the stronger than to pit yourself against him. . . . The Americans have immense resources. . . . I am trying to enlighten them, without forgetting, of course, to benefit my country." This is the definition of the "special relationship," which Britain has pursued for twenty years. British policy assumes that by deferring where necessary to the United States...
Reporter Mill wrote a special article to explain the Harvard custom of hissing. He said Sanders Theatre could be described as a "snake-pit," and thought an "anti-his-ta-mine" would help cure the problem. In any event, he observed that Barnett "seemed to calm the situation with a masterful address...
David and Lisa. In his first movie, made for less than $200,000, Director Frank Perry tells a heartrending, heartwarming tale of two psychotic adolescents (Keir Dullea and Janet Margolin) who find love at the bottom of the snake pit...
...beyond minor deposits along the North Sea coast. It hopes to increase its natural gas supplies until they can supply 6% of the power market by 1970, but for oil, it must depend indefinitely on the outside. To keep their oil supply as cheap as possible, Europeans try to pit one oil-producing nation against another, and vary their sources of supply. In 1962, the Common Market area bought 92.6 million tons of oil from the Middle East, 12 million tons from the Western Hemisphere, and 6.8 million tons from the Soviet bloc...
David and Lisa. In his first movie, made for less than $200,000, Director Frank Perry tells a heartrending, heartwarming tale of two psychotic adolescents (Keir Dullea and Janet Margolin) who find love at the bottom of the snake pit...