Word: spartanly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Spartan State. Kissinger's shuttle diplomacy will have to take into account not only Cairo's increasingly independent role, but also the continuing unsettled political situation in Israel. Even while they watched the Golan Heights last week and alerted reservists to defend it, Israel's political leaders were busy trying to agree on a successor to Premier Golda Meir, who resigned two weeks ago. Labor Party leaders had a choice of selecting someone else, if the right supporting coalition could be found, or of asking Golda to continue with a caretaker government. In either case...
Whoever accepts the post will have to deal not only with the handicaps of a short-term government but also with increasing Israeli discontent. Israelis are upset at the idea that having fought the war, they now have to keep their forces activated like some kind of 20th century Spartan state. There is thus a powerful impetus for making peace with Syria in order to have army reservists discharged and the economy return to normal. Another burr of discontent-and spur to negotiations- is the desire to get back the 65 Israeli prisoners, plus the jet pilots shot down last...
Bernie Carbo in right made a spartan effort on Rich Coggins's home run in the third before collapsing like a hill o'beans at the foot of the wall...
...using the writing to help himself understand his current feelings. His favorite theme is that of the warrior without honor in his own country; his chef-d'oeuvre is an intricate tragedy written in verse in the mode of a Greek classic. Liddy tells of a Spartan mother who debates the need for war with her son and finally realizes that she must let him go into battle for the good of the state...
Compared with his expansive Texas style of living, Jaworski has a relatively spartan existence in Washington. He normally lunches on a sandwich at his desk, then goes home at 7 p.m. to a small Washington hotel, where he lives with his wife of 43 years, Jeanette. Their son Joe is a lawyer in Houston; their daughters Joanie and Claire are both married...