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What was happening, Washington was convinced, was not an unraveling, but rather a frantic posturing in advance of a peace settlement. Hanoi has been squeezing Washington partly because it worries that despite U.S. reassurances Nixon might be tempted to stiffen his peace terms once the U.S. election is successfully...
...audience began to stiffen when Act II brought on a male chorus dressed in black uniforms, strongly resembling Hitler's SS troops. As Tannhäuser lay dying at the end and cries of "Hallelujah!" rang out, 345 klieg lights lit up the theater, and instead of pilgrims, the audience saw a stageful of workmen glaring at them, raising clenched fists like a mob in a social protest play...
...brought howls of outrage from Cairo. Kadar, meanwhile, advised Rogers: "Please remember Hungary's tragic history, its geographical position and its lack of resources." This seemed to mean that even though Budapest seeks closer relations with Washington, it may be forced from time to time to stiffen its attitude in order to appease Moscow...
...face of the current threat, the Prime Minister's inflexibility must only serve to aggravate the workers (who look upon it as arrogance) and stiffen his supporters in their growing irritation with organized labor. Should Heath snap rather than bend-as did that other obstinate Prime Minister, Anthony Eden, in 1957-who would fill the vacuum? The Tory Party would never accept the fiery, rabble-rousing M.P. Enoch Powell. But his demagogy would exploit basic passions, for he personifies the fears, jealousies and hatreds of many British people to a frightening degree...
...Failure to coordinate their efforts helped to cause the backlog of paperwork that did much to bring on the 1970 crisis. The SEC also wants the right to disapprove any new rules made by the self-regulatory bodies, to enforce the exchange's rules and, if warranted, to stiffen the penalties meted out by the exchange to erring members...