Word: tenseness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Amin's critics have charged that the emotional President is trying to mask his own shortcomings by exploiting his black countrymen's traditional prejudice against the Asians. Since he seized power 18 months ago, for example, Amin has driven Uganda to the verge of bankruptcy, mostly through an...
How much raw competitiveness enters into the game depends on the culture, says Adler. In collective societies such as Russia, the player plays the board rather than his opponent. Competitiveness becomes more pronounced in Western Europe and is rampant in the U.S. Whether a player plays the board or against...
>"We cannot wait until an election. Unless the American people end the war now, tens of thousands of unnecessary victims will be killed, wounded or rendered homeless between now and the inauguration of the next President." So saying, five women and nine men began a "fast for life" last week...
APRIL 9. New York City. Bremer finally goes to the massage parlor. I picked out the blonde. A hairy character said, "Alga, you have a ½ session in studio 2." She led me into a room, locked it, turned the lights out and lit incest [sic]. Piped in music began...
Then, with a tribute, he brought on George McGovern. For the candidate, it was the end of a long, improbable road, and he savored the moment. "My nomination," he said, "is all the more precious in that it is a gift of the most open political process in all of...