Word: ponders
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...both candidates postured in similar quasi-Gaullist roles, Frenchmen were left to ponder the very real differences between them: Mitterrand, the solid, earnest leader committed to social reform but allied with the lockstep Communist Party, and Giscard, the cool, successful administrator concerned with growth but seeming at times too far removed from human needs. Said one Gaullist Deputy: "My heart says Mitterrand. My mind says Giscard...
...tense week drew to a close, the Hearsts were left to ponder the implications of some final words from Cinque's taped message. "There is no further need," Cinque said, "to discuss the release of the prisoner since the prisoner is now a comrade and fighter for the people's freedom. Therefore there is no further basis for negotiation since the subject may leave whenever she feels that she wishes to do so. This operation is hereby terminated...
...asked him why. 'Because,' he told me, 'they both steal.' " One might well ponder what's next. Discrimination against blue-eyed people as probable liars? Short people as likely extortionists? Six-fingered piano players as poor credit risks...
...public rooms of the mansion. In their place, dozens of candles will be lit. Oak fires will be kindled in the eight fireplaces, and the President and his family will open the doors and invite the public in. In the soft light one can stand for a moment and ponder where we have been and wonder where we are going...
...Anaheim, Calif., a group of preschoolers ponder the wonders of Disneyland. "I'm going to live here when I grow up," one of them vows. Why? "Not a pollution anywhere...