Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have now become much more powerful in our politics than the majoritarian impulse. It is easier and more appealing for all of us leaders as well as followers-to separate ourselves from the mass than to seek out the alliances that can make us part of a majority." Voters seem to have lost the psychological need to feel themselves part of a large political cause; the Viet Nam War, Watergate and other scandals have left a deep residual cynicism that instructs Americans to beware of politicians...
...thorniest problem of all: the "linkage" between the treaty and further negotiations toward a wider peace between Israel and its other Arab neighbors. In the opinion of U.S. diplomats, the negotiators have actually had an agreement on a linkage formula for at least two weeks, but things seem to come unstuck when the delegations return home to seek the approval of their governments. Two weeks ago, for example, Israeli Premier Menachem Begin, who was on a visit to the U.S. and Canada, sent Defense Minister Ezer Weizman back to Jerusalem to secure the Cabinet's acceptance of a compromise proposal...
Smith's hand is strengthened by the fact that his black partners seem more concerned with jockeying for political position in the future government than making sure that government will have power independent of the whites. Muzorewa supports the current settlement because he feels assured of winning the popular elections; Sithole and Chirau are along for the ride. Muzorewa even accompanied Smith on his unsuccessful lobbying mission to the U.S. last month to drum up support for the interim agreement...
...some ways, Cavileer's ideas may seem a trifle old-fashioned. He still extolls those days when players played both offense and defense and a quarterback called all his own plays. Yet he convinced Joe Restic to keep scouting reports of the opposition on a computer. Indeed, in his entire life he has never owned a car. But then, few 72-year-olds ride around Cambridge on an Aitalia bicycle...
Trejo said yesterday, "It doesn't seem proper for the university to inspect the university," adding that he initiated the suit in response to ventilation and drainage problems in his apartment...