Word: standings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Foreign visitors more often than not come out of his presence with a look of glazed incredulity. British Foreign Secretary David Owen almost certainly did say after one meeting with Begin, "I can't stand that man." Though American diplomats put up a good front about their feelings toward him, other ambassadors are less restrained. One, when asked at a private party what he thought of Begin, observed, "He's beyond the pale...
...since the promotional fares went into effect. In most cities, airline phone lines are jammed. Regular travelers who pay full fares are often unable to make bookings, and business people who have urgent appointments in other cities sometimes cannot confirm their reservations. Hence they may lose their seats to stand-by passengers paying only a fraction of the full fare. Says American Airlines Senior Vice President Robert Crandall: "If the public wants low fares, people will have to put up with delays...
...attention is always on making his characters do and say diverting things. Dr. Morris Feitelzohn, Aaron's mentor and friend, has only a small role in events, but his erudite, sardonic comments add enormously to the novel's texture: "I love the Jews even though I cannot stand them. No evolution could have created them. For me they are the only proof of God's existence...
...people have the right to know what I stand for," Ike began. His ideas were clear: this business of centralism in government. There was too much of the bureaucracy, too much looking to Washington. He wanted to get the federal government organized so it did not wipe out the states and the municipalities and the communities. He didn't want to have people looking to Washington for everything. The problem was that the federal government was "taking so much money from everyone it left no resources for local government to run its educational apparatus. That was the problem...
...orphanage of central government General Tang En-po stains memory with its smell. It stank worse than anything else I have ever smelled. Even the escorting officer could not stand the odor and, holding his handkerchief to his nose, asked to be excused. Abandoned babies were inserted four to a crib. Those who could not fit were simply laid on the straw. They smelled of baby vomit and baby shit, and when they were dead, they were cleaned...