Word: turmoil
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...forget that we need Kissinger more than he needs us. He is the only widely respected, farsighted and truly able diplomat who can bring about some understanding and cooperation in these times of worldwide political turmoil. Can we pride ourselves on having so many internationally successful statesmen that we can do without...
...favorite theme with Shakespeare, as witness Lear, Cymbeline, Othello, The Winter's Tale and The Tempest among others) are universal, and Kahn's choice is perfectly defensible. Shakespeare specified a Verona summer. In 1866, Verona, the episcopal see of the Venetia region abutting Austria, was a hotbed of turmoil, a pawn in the seven-week Austro-Prussian War, during which it was finally ceded by Austria to Italy...
...women returning to Radcliffe this week from the Class of '49 have faced not only national and international turmoil but also deep conflict with their very roles as women. All have tried to find a niche in society which afforded the least amount of frustration. Some are satisfied; others...
...open when about 700 students with on-campus jobs went out on strike last month. Reason: they had been denied admittance to the university employees' union because it regarded them as competitors for jobs, and demanded the right to form their own union. During four days of turmoil, officials hired scab workers to take the students' places and broke up picket lines with university security police before finally agreeing to allow the students to vote on the issue. Last week they did so and lost...
...recess, staging a mass march and blocking traffic with sitdowns. They were greeted by a truckload of self-styled vigilantes and a group of farmers, who met them at the school with canes and broom handles. Police managed to keep the two sides apart, but the ten days of turmoil resulted in 73 arrests (nearly all for obstructing law officers, with a few for disorderly conduct...