Word: sooner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dark heretics like Social Critic John Keats (The Insolent Chariots), who warned that someone was about to shoot the beast, and Robert Lowell, who, in the poem "Skunk Hour," tied cars to the sickness of the nation. On the whole, in the late '50s the U.S. would sooner have driven a 1957 Chevy than ridden in the chariot of the Lord. What happened since then...
...seems to me, the sooner, the better," he added. "It's like trimming a puppy's tale a half an inch at a time If you're going...
...matters from getting out of control in space will take a serious effort in both America and the U. N. to call off the buildup. Organizations now working to halt the nuclear arms race must hurry before the U. S. spends millions, and eventually billions, on space weapons. The sooner such groups challenge the "reasoning" of the Pentagon, the better will be the chances of getting the superpowers to negotiate a treaty outlining the sensible use of space...
...policy in the region, or whether, as it has so many times in the past, the U.S. will lose interest once the immediate crisis is over. If the U.S. does not seize this opportunity, the various parties are almost sure to return to then" rigid, entrenched positions. The result, sooner or later, would be more bloodshed...
...President told Congress that the Marines would be in Lebanon "only for a limited period of time". But he later told reporters on a political trip that he expects the Syrians and Israelis to leave" sooner than Lebanon will be ready for us to" remove the Marines...