Word: umbrellas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...idea of a multi-nation NATO nuclear force with at least three powers holding keys-U.S., Britain and France-seemed not to interest France much. De Gaulle knows full well that in the end the U.S. has no choice but to defend France against Soviet attack. That axiomatic umbrella of protection gives De Gaulle vast flexibility for action-and for troublemaking. The U.S. would also have to cease treating De Gaulle as a junior partner in the alliance. "It is intolerable for a great state," De Gaulle said not long ago. "that her fate be left to the decisions...
...Lofted Umbrella. The U.S. attitude, on which one presidential speechwriter hung the ambitious phrase "grand design," is to accept and work for the concept of a strong, united Europe linked in partnership with North America, both acting together to raise the living standards and secure the independence of the nations of Africa, Asia and Latin America. To make this design enduring, the U.S. insisted that Britain become a member of the Common Market, followed by the Scandinavian and other NATO countries. The defense of this grand design would be twofold: conventional arms and armies supplied by Europe, and the nuclear...
...Delhi this week is a team of U.S., British, Canadian and Australian air force officers. Foreseen is the lengthening of Indian runways and the establishment of a radar network so that Western interceptor squadrons, complete with pilots and ground personnel, can move into India to provide a protective air umbrella over its cities. The idea would not quite constitute a military alliance, but it would surely be India's most decisive step away from neutralism...
...SLOTH, which St. Thomas defined as "sadness in the face of spiritual good/' is very much present in modern novels and plays, writes Evelyn Waugh. It is personified by the man who lost his faith "as though faith were an extraneous possession like an umbrella, which can be inadvertently left behind in a railway-carriage." Waugh also argues that a sin closely allied to sloth, pigritia (slackness), is gaining: people have "'no time' to read or cook or even to dress decorously, while in their offices and workshops they do less and less, in quality and quantity...
...game progressed. At halftime the band was really funny, and there wasn't even one dirty joke in the whole show. I laughed a little, but it hurt. Susan helped me pry my hand off the umbrella handle. She was sweet...