Word: surroundding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fields while jets flew overhead and artillery sounded in the distance. "There are free tea stalls along the road," he reported, "and teenagers throw bags of nuts, plus oranges and bananas, into the Jeeps carrying troops to the front, and shout encouragement. When our Jeep stops, kids surround it and yell at us, demanding that we write a story saying their village is still free and not captured, as claimed by Pakistani radio...
...show him emerging from a Paris club at 5 a.m. with an Italian princess is enough to start the womanizing rumors again. Is he really qualified for the presidency? How would he use the power if he had it? How great is his capacity for growth? Such unanswerable questions surround Kennedy as much as his family's aura...
...gauge. Because of farm unrest over low crop and livestock prices at a time of rising costs, Nixon is vulnerable in states where farmers could make the difference. The Midwest likes Muskie's soothing style and Humphrey's farm and labor expertise. It distrusts the shrillness and controversy that surround Kennedy, and he would be least likely among Democrats to take full advantage of Nixon's weakness. Kennedy could probably carry Minnesota, Michigan and South Dakota?but they might...
...somewhat when he has to break down after learning of his father's crime--the weakness here is partly Miller's fault. And the other members of the cast give a suitable impression of the next door neighbors who have let their lives settle to a low burn and surround the Keller household with the atmosphere of small town anesthesia, which is what the play is ultimately about. Miller has shown us the bankruptcy of our materialist culture, and his play is a song of the post-war American blues...
...instance with a camouflaged surrender), it is hard to see how such a conclusion can be secured without the support of an international force presumably under the U.N. The security provided by such a force would clearly facilitate the process of development by reducing the uncertainties that would surround investment in an insecure situation. The flow of foreign capital into the country would be increased as well as the repatriation of capital by nationals...