Word: suffering
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Johnson did not deal with the serious problem involved with his brand of multilateralism. By requiring matched grants, the United States makes developing countries suffer for the stinginess or financial slumps of countries like France, Germany, or Russia. Though the United States wants to channel aid through international institutions, neither the President nor Congress will tolerate the World Bank's rule that it will not administer funds that are tagged for specific countries. And the African Development Bank is presently too inexperienced and understaffed to carry out major investment programs...
...years of existence: this month's parliamentary elections. The first round of balloting is on March 5, with runoff elections a week later. Although De Gaulle's own job is not on the line, the future of Gaullism in France definitely is. This time around, the Gaullists suffer not only from a decline in the popularity of le grand Charles but from the fact that the opposition is better organized than ever before. Two months ago, for example, France's bickering leftist parties agreed to bury the hatchet long enough to try to defeat the Gaullists...
Bailey complained that, in the public eye, indictment in a criminal case is equivalent to conviction. He said that Dr. Coppolino would suffer both socially and economically from the effects of the murder indictment brought against him, although Bailey feels that the "murder" was in fact never committed...
Will S.D.S. suffer the problems of Control Data, whose 1965-66 earnings stumbled when it ran short of cash amid a similar expansion? Palevsky is unconcerned, even though S.D.S. last year boosted its debt from less than $2,000,000 to more than $16 million, built a fifth new plant and increased employment to 2,900. Reflecting their own confident computations, Wall Street investors have pushed S.D.S. stock up 42 points to $84.50 since October, doubling the value of Pioneer Palevsky's 15% shareholding to $27 million-a pretty fair dividend on his original 1961 investment...
...sure, many aspiring young writers hurl such despairing challenges at themselves, brood majestically over the paradoxes of life and mistake old mysteries for freshly discovered insights:"The history of the world is a farce," announces Flaubert. "I believe that humanity has but one objective: to suffer...