Word: swiftness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tall and strong and swift of foot were they Beyond the dwarfing city's pale abortions Because their thought had never been the prey Of care or gain; the green woods were their portions...
...Scouts. I feel sorry for the lame, the weak, the ill and the stupid; they aren't going to run the country for you. What I'm trying to do is make a place where the smart will get smarter, the strong stronger, and the swift swifter...
...over on the 16 and made its only offensive showing of the night. With the help of two penalties and the powerhouse running of Jim Thompson, the Bunnies marched to the Puritan 16. Then Leverett quarterback Steve Ekdahl rolled to his right, picked up a key block from Leo Swift, and outran the Winthrop secondary into the end zone...
Semantic Problem. While Americans generally were at last beginning to realize that this was no remote frontier skirmish but an all-out war, there was still considerable confusion over where it would lead. To many, the very word "negotiations" had talismanic power, as though a swift and honorable solution were waiting readymade if only the statesmen could find the magic formula. To be sure, U.S. officials have taken every opportunity to underscore their determination to negotiate peace terms. But even if North Viet Nam were to agree to sit down at the bargaining table tomorrow, the killing might well continue...
...Sensing that Charles de Gaulle wants to reshape the Common Market into his own instrument-or, failing that, to destroy it-France's five EEC partners have vacillated between despair and resistance. The result: an almost total lack of meaningful activity in the Market. Last week, in a swift and surprising reversal of form, the five ended their hesitation. At a two-day meeting at the Common Market's Brussels headquarters, they finally stood up to Charles de Gaulle, laid down firm but polite terms aimed at coaxing the French back to the fold...