Word: view
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...world today." Then came the key message on Germany. "On the question of Germany, the positions of both sides were expounded. With respect to the specific Berlin question, an understanding was reached, subject to the approval of the other parties concerned, that negotiations would be reopened with a view to achieving a solution...
...Stop This Thing!" Photographer Burton Glinn of Magnum climbed the meat counter for a better view, ignored the butcher's outraged order to stop tenderizing his chops, was finally brought down by a rolling block from the butcher himself. Still another duty-bound photographer hurdled the baby-stroller of a startled matron, landed on a moving conveyor belt, and aimed his camera as the belt carried him relentlessly toward the checking stand. "Somebody stop this thing!" he yelled. "It's wrecking my shot!" Farther across the store, in the midst of the cascading canned goods and shattering glass...
...land, Aalto can do no wrong, is held in awe as a kind of national monument. When Saynatsalo allowed the electric-light company to erect a hideous neon advertising sign that marred the view, Aalto led a night boat-raiding party, stoned the offending sign to smithereens. The electric company started to sue for damages, then thought better...
...observers on the ground, elaborate preparations went to naught. Crowds that gathered on North Shore beaches saw only a dramatic blackening of the clouded sky. The heavy mist and cloud cover effectively blocked the view of the moon's transit, making smoked glasses and exposed x-ray film completely useless...
These Soviet proposals for partial disarmament are clearly dangerous from the Western point-of-view. Their acceptance would have to be based on a complete trust in Soviet motives, and not even the most sanguine pacifists can be this ingenuous. The West either must work for total disarmament or must propose some partial steps of its own. These steps would need to go further than unilateral cessation of nuclear testing or than the rather far-fetched "open skies" concept...