Word: sooner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ONLY a matter of time. Sooner or later some bright entrepreneur had to realize that no other bright entrepreneur had yet written a serious book about Woody Allen. So long an omission was surprising but, in a strange way, appropriate; for one of the most tantalizing aspects of Woody Allen's much-touted talent has always been its uncertainty. Even after Annie Hall swept the Oscars, there were those who argued that Allen's brilliance denatured outside the narrow confines of Manhattan, and that the jokes and insights New York fans loved would not only fall flat but offend when...
...about bargaining. Says Foreign Minister Kamal Hassan Ah of Egypt, the only Arab state that has diplomatic relations with Israel: "You cannot start negotiations when the Israelis are occupying an Arab capital." Still, the swift, outraged worldwide reaction to the massacre might pressure Israel into pulling out of Beirut sooner than it had wished...
...West Beirut shocked and angered the Reagan Administration; the massacre appalled it. From the beginning, Washington had regarded the Israeli move as unnecessary and potentially dangerous. The news of the wholesale killing of Palestinian civilians reinforced the view that the Israelis must get out of Beirut, and the sooner the better...
SECOND: Reliable intelligence permitting an effective choice of response was obtained only just in time. It was primarily a mistake by policymakers, not by professionals, that made such intelligence unavailable sooner. But it was also a timely recognition of the need for thorough overflight, not without its hazards, that produced the decisive photographs. The usefulness and scope of inspection from above, also employed in monitoring the Soviet missile withdrawal, should never be underestimated. When the importance of accurate information for a crucial policy decision is high enough, risks not otherwise acceptable in collecting intelligence can become profoundly prudent...
...Sooner or later, there will be another election, and the antiunion Coop management should control its instincts and abide by fair labor guidelines. If it doesn't the Coop's members-- among them most undergraduates--should loudly protest. Coop workers deserve unionization, which seems the best way to combat the irregular promotion schemes and low wages that some workers complain about...