Word: soon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...informal dinner for heads of U.S. news organizations, including Time Inc. Castro claimed that he once talked Panama's Omar Torrijos out of seizing the Canal when negotiations with the U.S. were stalled; that he is eager to begin pulling his troops out of Africa as soon as the situation in Namibia and Zimbabwe-Rhodesia is settled; and that Zbigniew Brzezinski is personally to blame for "the mess-up" in U.S.-Cuban relations by giving President Carter bad, inflammatory advice...
Giscard's sharp decline in popularity has fueled rumors that he may soon replace Barre. "He is an honest man, above all suspicion," Giscard responded when asked about Barre on a television interview. Coming from the President, who had lauded Barre as "the best economist in France," that faint praise appeared to signal a new arm's-length distance between the President and his Premier...
...expectations. "You can replace me, but don't have any illusions," he told a meeting of Giscard's supporters among the members of parliament. "My successor, whoever he is, will be forced to show the same strictness." What Barre obviously meant was that since austerity will not soon give way to prosperity, Giscard will have to find some other route back to Olympus...
...lifting of sanctions and pledged not to allow "any party to unilaterally determine the outcome of the London conference." Carrington's speech received a standing ovation and his position prevailed in a conference resolution; it called for an end to sanctions and recognition of the breakaway colony "as soon as practically possible...
...escapes into the air as he slides into the welcoming embrace of a bucket seat. The moment for which he has spent upwards of $40,000 and waited more than a year has arrived. He switches on the ignition. The engine responds with a distinctive, deep-throated growl. Paradise! Soon the new owner is flashing along the autostrada at an easy 100 m.p.h...