Word: verandas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...while the Soviet leaders caucused, attended Politburo sessions, or simply disappeared. It was never clear whether the numerous delays and the constant switching of topics were a form of psychological warfare or simply reflected the Soviet working style. When Brezhnev visited the U.S. in 1973, he sat on his veranda at Camp David in full view of Nixon's cabin, talking with his advisers right through a scheduled meeting with the President, whom he kept waiting for two hours without explanation or apology...
...economy is shifting rapidly. In the future, far fewer workers will be supporting far more retired people. In 1950 the worker-to-retiree ratio was 7.5 to 1; to day it is 5.4 to 1. By 2030, when the baby boomers will be rocking away on the veranda, the ratio will be 3.1 to 1. Under Social Security, payments from current workers back the checks that are sent to former employees. There are now three workers paying into the system for every retired person who is drawing out from it; in about 50 years there will be only two workers...
...just a couple of Jewish diplomats," said Robert Strauss to Henry Kissinger when they met on the veranda of Jerusalem's King David Hotel last week. Strauss was in town on the first official stop of an eight-day tour of the Middle East as President Carter's super-ambassador to the Palestinian-autonomy talks. The former Secretary of State apparently was in Jerusalem on private business-even though his journey was embellished with nearly all the trappings of a state occasion (see box). In fact, Kissinger was quite apologetic about the coincidence of the trips. Said...
...sets and costumes effectively highlight the juxtaposition between Captain Shotover's loose, churlish demeanor and the aristocratic pretentiousness of the younger generation. Shotover's house looks like an old sea vessel; its rickety poop deck is fashioned as a veranda and netting drapes the furniture and bookcases. The lavish, flamboyant costumes are appropriately incongruous in Shotover's domestic environment...
...spent more time with writers and architects, musicians and students, not unlike those in Cambridge. We spent evenings in front of the fireplace listening to Bonnie Raitt, shared peoperoni pizzas and reminiscences of Annie Hall, silently watched shooting stars from a wide veranda on hot summer nights, thoughts of machine guns and burning crosses far from my mind...