Word: secret
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Another of Carter's despairs right now is the hardened state of the Israeli mind. In his secret moments the President has examined and re-examined his own attitudes, and he believes fervently that his background and his heart-religiously, intellectually-would never allow him to turn away from Israel. What to do? Speak out in indignation against the intransigence of Menachem Begin? Or quietly go back to Camp David and talk and wait? Even while suffering dramatic domestic political losses, Carter comes down on the side of patience-the essence of courage for these hours...
...Center B began to suspect the presence of a slate. "It definitely looked incestuous, but it wasn't planned that way at all," Artson said later. Suddenly, what had started as a quiet, almost boring election meeting exploded into a series of shouting matches, with members telling stories of secret meetings, hidden slates, and "freshman conspiracies...
Santana, like Keith Jarrett and the Beatles (who will re-unite in a secret concert at the Paradise later next month), makes good music. I know somebody who is going to this concert to yell "Open Invitation" after every song so that he can hear himself when the live album comes out. The "special guest star" at this concert will be Eddie Money, the semi-punker who used to be a police officer in the U.K. If you have a hard time relating to his music, maybe that...
...Laos, he caught the eye of Henry Kissinger. As Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 1969 to 1973, Sullivan played a major role in the Viet Nam peace negotiations. But he also earned the enmity of antiwar activists, for he had directed the secret U.S. bombing of Pathet Lao targets in Laos. He later admitted withholding the truth about the raids from visiting members of Congress...
Baker was not pitching to management, but to his 55 fellow employees, who would decide whether or not to grant his raise. In a secret ballot five days later, they voted overwhelmingly to boost his pay from $5.55 an hour...