Word: sinkful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ship does sink, don't worry about old Gore. He'll be the dandy in the stern of the lifeboat, carefully keeping his Italian shoes above the bilge water, still addressing his beautifully shaped, never-flagging thoughts to no one in particular while the rest of the survivors bail. No matter. He is useful, even if he keeps half the passengers alive by sheer irritation. No sinking ship would be complete without...
...Gaulle is fond of the conspiratorial theory of human events. Last week, when 2,500,000 French workers walked off their jobs after the collapse of wage talks between unions and the government, he went on TV and condemned the strikers as "agitators" and "plotters" whose tactics "threaten to sink the currency, the economy and the republic." De Gaulle told France: "Need I declare that they will all be defended?" He had good reason to fear any thing resembling the massive strikes that caused chaos in France last spring...
...Volpe seems to ignore even that economic reality. He appears to think that the jingoist argument of "keeping up with the Russians" is reason enough to sink more money into an ill-planned project. It isn't. Instead of artificially prolonging the SSTs' life, Volpe should mercifully kill...
...Nixon Administration can meet this challenge and go on to find the honorable end to the war that Nixon promised in his campaign, there will be hope that finally the U.S. can fully devote its great energies to resolving its domestic crises. If Nixon fails, the U.S. may well sink back into the swamp of suspicion and dissension in which his predecessor left...
...FIGHT PROMPTLY. This avoids "gunny-sacking"-that is, collecting grievances that "make a dreadful mess when the sack finally bursts" into a broadside "kitchen-sink fight," where everything but the household plumbing is thrown in as a weapon...