Word: vincents
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...island colonies in the West Indian crescent has craved recognition of its separate identity. Last week Britain granted "associated statehood"-something above colonial status but below independence-not only to Antigua but also to Grenada, St. Lucia, Dominica and the group of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla. In May, St. Vincent will get "associated statehood." The new states will conduct most of their affairs through popularly elected legislatures, but by mutual agreement, Britain will handle (and pay the bills for) their foreign affairs and defense. Full independence is a luxury that none of them can afford...
...point beyond which you cannot go in asking people to bear the cost of government. While this idea is probably too deep for the comprehension of Arthur Schlesinger Jr., the average voter may be more in favor of Reagan's so-called "unpopular moves" than Schlesinger thinks. VINCENT M. LOVE Manhattan...
...search for the Chinese way of doing things occasionally got the better of him. John Carter Vincent, then number two man in the American embassy, remembers visiting Fairbank and finding him "living like a Chinese in a cold, barren office trying to keep warm in a padded Chinese gown. He was in such a bad state with a cold that I brought him back to the embassy and had him stay there until he got over...
Fairbank emerged unbruised, partially because Harvard supported him. On the other hand, many of his friends, Vincent and Owen Lattimore among them, were left with severely damaged careers. Public discussion of China was also hurt. "T.V. was laying off," he says, "The country was sick of it. It was an uncomfortable subject...
Librarian, I am cold. Pray you, undo this button. Thank you, sir. Do you not see the gazelle on the rushing waters? I know he looks at me ("What if Harry Levin wrote the poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay?") I am sleepy and the oozy weeds about me twist. "Chirp...