Word: standoff
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...their relations on a solid foundation." De Gaulle was doubtless pleased at something else Kosygin predictably produced: a blast-though a perfunctory one-at U.S. "intervention" in Viet Nam. But while the two statesmen were in hearty agreement over events in far-off Asia, they reached a standoff on what is the great issue for Europeans. In their talks, Kosygin again forcibly urged the general to recognize the division of Germany, but De Gaulle would have none of it, and their final communique simply ignored the issue...
Pulverized Prestige. Stunned by the G.O.P. showing, the Democrats reacted with initial incredulity. "I imagine it's a sort of standoff," said Democratic National Chairman John Bailey. Vice President Hubert Humphrey, his coattails shredded and his prestige pulverized by a near-total G.O.P. sweep in his home state of Minnesota, was more candid. "Misery loves company," he said...
...Hara sequel to the Frederick standoff was that Shapp decided to go it alone-with $1,400,000 of his own money. In May, he scored a triumphal 50,000-vote primary upset over the Democrats' machine-backed candidate, and badly shook both parties. While the Republicans tried feverishly to anticipate Shapp's strategy, Democratic bigwigs belatedly sought to win the parvenu's allegiance. At a banquet in Harrisburg, ex-Governor David Lawrence, longtime Democratic kingmaker, allowed: "Crow should have been the main dish. I must admit I am eating mine." Shapp thereupon served him another portion...
...success of last week's national elections in South Viet Nam showed in remarkable fashion that the U.S.'s determined moves there have accomplished far more than a military standoff of the Communists. They have not only stiffened the spirit of the South Vietnamese but-what is less noticed in the national preoccupation with the war-they have created a new atmosphere of hope and confidence throughout Asia's southern crescent of nations, shoring up and strengthening Red China's fearful neighbors from Pakistan and India to Japan and South Korea. In this new atmosphere, usually...
...command structure of the Red alliance. Brezhnev insisted that the conference be held in Bucharest in order to demonstrate that even the recalcitrant Rumanians could be pressed into a show of Communist unity. Yet when the four-day conference ended last week, the best Brezhnev had achieved was a standoff...