Word: spites
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...public as the lovable old curmudgeon with the little horse and the harness bells. As this mercilessly detailed biography shows, Frost was jealous and vindictive, a malicious gossip and a petty schemer. The man who told the world he had promises to keep broke them frequently for gain or spite. The Years of Triumph is not a first crack in Frost's lovingly fashioned public image. Before the poet's death, Randall Jarrell, writing with brilliance and flawless taste about Frost's best work, also took time to lament his "complacent wisdom and cast-iron whimsy...
...spite of such obvious gains for the Soviet Union, the treaty also carries considerable risks. The trouble with relaxation in tension is that it cannot be controlled at will by the Russians. Détentes have their own dynamism and logic. Every period of relaxation has helped to create disturbances in the Soviet bloc, and in Russia itself, which deeply alarmed the Soviet leaders...
Late last year, however, Rogers had the bitter experience that all diplomats eventually go through: in spite of reasonableness on all sides, the negotiations collapsed because of Russian reluctance. Israel, insisted the Soviets, had publicly made too much of the fact that some Rhodes talks had been face to face; as a result, the Arabs were backing away this time. Israel, meanwhile, fearful of a U.S.-Soviet deal inimical to its interests, leaked a distorted version of the discussions between Sisco and Dobrynin. To give the proper version, Rogers decided to outline the proposals in a December speech in Washington...
RECOGNITION. In spite of having celebrated its 22nd birthday, Israel has never been formally recognized as a state by the Arabs. A peace treaty, in addition to establishing just and secure borders, would finally afford acknowledgment of this right to exist. Nasser last week indicated possible agreement...
...survey were interested in conserving and enjoying rather than acquiring and exploiting, in concern for others rather than control of others, in "just being" rather than doing. They embraced, Dr. Clark points out, many of the values of today's saner hippies. Similarly, religion often teaches the aged, in spite of their physical diminishment, to accept each day as a gift...