Word: poses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Corps activities overseas, for the sake of the corps of course, and maybe with an eye to Illinois, too. Last week he forehandedly assigned an aide to "think about all the possible problems we could have anywhere and see if we can head them off." All of which could pose a "possible problem" for his kinsman in the White House: with Shriver interested in Illinois, Brother Ted making political motions in Massachusetts and Brother Bob already in Government, the President may have to decide how many Kennedys and in-laws can be in political life at any one time...
Manila has heard such fine words before, even from Garcia, whose cronies had systematically plundered the country's resources and sold favors to the highest bidders. Cynics wondered whether Macapagal's first moves were only part of a pose-he put up for sale Garcia's $2,500,000 presidential yacht Lapn-Lapu and his twin-engine Fokker turboprop plane, canceled the traditional inaugural ball to mingle with the tao (common people) at an outdoor dance. During his first month in office he began to convince the country that he meant to keep his pledge...
Vyacheslav Molotov's future continued to pose the most fascinating puzzle in the Communist world. Not because Old Stone-bottom himself matters much, but because he has become a kind of code word, or swear word, in a veiled but fateful debate...
Paladins of the West. Salan thought deeply about the causes of the French defeat. Some veterans, like Colonel Jean Gardes (now chief of ordnance for the S.A.O.), held seminars to devise answers to Red tactics. Infused with his own brand of religious mysticism, Gardes would pose such questions as "Can one indulge in torture without sin?" His conclusion: "Yes, provided you are torturing a Communist or a Communist suspect...
...bookseller is subverter, protector, panderer and priest to a group of curious cripples-Julius, his bloodless, asexual young assistant; Louise, a housewife whose husband thinks her job is honest modeling; Bert, a cheerful, muscled vacuum; Veronica, a faintly mad Soho drifter; and Bateman, a policeman. Louise, Bert and Veronica pose for the pornographic pictures, and Bateman, assigned by headquarters to investigate the bookstore, shifts allegiance and becomes the cameraman. Each is held to the bookseller by his hurts, but each, unexpectedly, is strengthened more than corrupted. Julius approaches self-knowledge; Louise is subtly encouraged to face marriage and raise...