Word: quested
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Administration. He was convinced that America's role in the world could not allow abandoning a commitment and an ally. More important, he felt that the sacrifices in blood that the U.S. had already made in Indochina must not be dishonored and seemingly rendered in vain. So the quest for either a clear victory through Vietnamization and the massive use of U.S. airpower, or a negotiated, face-saving "peace with honor" began?to be accomplished within the four years of his first Administration, Nixon promised...
...innocent as Candide, he embarks on this quest. He plunges into war sates himself with sex, goads his father's discontented subjects to revolt and embarks on domesticity with a wealthy widow. But the elixir of life eludes him. After each venture he finds himself asking, in the words of Peggy Lee's song "Is that all there is?" Indeed, this Pippin might seem like something of a fool if John Rubinstein, son of the pianist Artur, had not imbued him with such a sweet and winning nature. His life, as related in this story, is more...
...George McGovern was sent out by his youthful supporters on a knight's quest for the Presidency, then Richard Nixon stands as the great Godfather manipulator of the love and hate the old in this country feel for their young. After they meet, lance to heater, we'll look for Mailer (the aging self-proclaimed "Aquarius") to put together the story...
...major noise sources like motor vehicles and construction equipment. After a separate nine-month study, the EPA will recommend new aircraft- and airport-noise limits, which will be implemented by the Federal Aviation Administration. If signed by the President, the bill takes a giant step forward in the quest for quiet...
...guilty of the same thing. She creates a nicely literary shallow set of circumstances out of what should be a fully human process. She plays word games and symbol strategies with her middle-aged prilgrims, but forgets their supposedly real children entirely; they are but mythical objects of a quest...