Word: pursuits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...government had been approached by sympathetic intellectuals at home and abroad. Looking for a face-saving exit, the Calcutta prosecutor temporized, requested a postponement in court. To celebrate their temporary freedom, the hungering beats raided an art gallery, beat up three painters, then walked happily away to resume their pursuit of the Hungry Generation's declared goal-"to undo the done-for world and start afresh from chaos...
...Call on Stalin. About the only concessions Brezhnev offered to China were promises to back Peking's claims on Formosa and pledges to support "the national liberation struggle of the peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America," thus hinting at a more pressing pursuit of revolution than Khrushchev had espoused. Both Chou and Castro's henchman, Ernesto ("Che") Guevara, applauded vigorously when Brezhnev warned: "Hands off Cuba." As to restoring unity within the bloc, Brezhnev said: "There is every objective condition for cooperation between Socialist countries to grow stronger." And at the Red Square anniversary parade, Brezhnev wound...
...show as synthetic as Ben Franklin in Paris, it scarcely matters whether the history is true or false. Librettist Sidney Michaels credits Franklin's successful pursuit of French funds and official recognition to a species of boudoir statesmanship. Despite his celebrated gynecophilia, rare Ben is, after all, 70 years old in 1776, and his torpid romancing of Louis XVI's mistress (Ulla Sallert) has to consist mostly of gallant guff and one balloon ascension...
...Pursuit of Dialogue. Every section of the schema unfolds one or more ideas with revolutionary implications for Catholicism. The introduction notes the need for the church to recognize "the signs of the times." Chapter 1 warns that Christians should not reject this world for the sake of the next: "Anyone who is unwilling to be of service in the renewal of the world is seeking God in vain." A second chapter expresses Catholic willingness to renounce ancient rights when new circumstances demand it. In the third chapter, Christians are urged to "pursue the dialogue with all men of good will...
Specifically, I do not feel that in your editorial you have sufficiently identified Keating with "homegrown mediocrity" and Kennedy with "imported excellence." Those identifications are, in fact, quite unfair. You mention Kennedy's intemperate pursuit of James Hoffa, and his sponsorship (now withdrawn) of a distasteful wiretapping bill: are these actions consonant with excellence? You gloss over his involvement with the New York City bosses: many other observers, however, have been very disappointed that no outright repudiation of bossism has been made. This situation smacks more of expediency than excellence. You state that "In no way has he (Kennedy) reneged...