Word: prospecting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long and arduous mission." But the euphoria did not last long. Two days later, the British Prime Minister was back in Commons, grey, grim, and rubbing his cheek nervously with the signet ring on his left hand, to report that "it is now clear that there is no prospect of agreement...
...response the hemisphere should organize to meet the threat of Castroites waiting to capitalize on weakened governments. The suggestions will range from a permanent multilateral peacekeeping OAS force to a more limited group of volunteer countries that would establish a strike force for emergencies. With continuing Castroite subversion in prospect, those emergencies seem sure to come. As a member of the Dominican Republic's Castroite 14th of June Movement puts it: "Any Latin American country that has a mountain can expect to have guerrillas...
...especially in America, man's attitude toward the mystery of death is making a break with human tradition. Medically, death seems to be constantly receding, and some scientists think seriously about an almost indefinite life span for man (the late Norbert Wiener, for one, was horrified at the prospect of the overcrowded world this might bring about). Socially, the rites of death and mourning, except at those rare times when whole nations hear the muffled drums for a Churchill or a Kennedy, are growing more impersonal and grudging. Religiously, the promise of immortality has become dim and uncertain. Much...
...opening for higher office in 1966, 1968 (unless Javits retires or runs for Vice-President), 1970 (when Robert Kennedy will be leading the Democratic ticket), or 1972 (when no Senator or Governor will be elected). In the meantime, New York faces the unusual prospect of a Republican Mayor and a Democratic Governor and Legislature...
...cease-fire between India and Pakistan last week passed into its sixth tense week with not the slightest prospect for a settlement. Indeed, if words were any measure, the situation was worse. Rising before the U.N. Security Council, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Zulfikar AH Bhutto charged India with conducting a reign of terror in Kashmir, quoting a Kashmiri as having told the press: "Indian troops have cut off the breasts of our girls and held them up saying, 'Here is your Pakistan!'" With that, India's white-turbaned Foreign Minister Swaran Singh led his delegation...