Word: vis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Todd's steamy vis-a-vis (Juliette Greco) has abandoned her profession in her home town to better herself as the hired partner of a would-be bushland farmer. The crocodiles carry him off before he can plant a single bean row, but Todd shows up, ready to offer her "anything that Harry did"; he even slips a wedding ring on her finger, by way of keeping the territorial priest happy. With the help of native labor, a rich tobacco crop springs from the land, and Actress Greco gets noticeably productive herself. But the natives...
...Council, rightly or wrongly, has recently limited itself to playing the role of an undergraduate pressure group vis a vis the University administration. This decision, however, does not preclude the possibility that the Council is capable of enlaring its scope of activity nationally, as the Harvard liason with NSA. Enjoying a certain amount of prestige within the NSA at the present, Harvard--represented by the Council--is capable of exerting strong influence and prudent counsel...
...Washington's Arab friends in Iraq and Saudi Arabia are (or were) extreme social reactionaries: kings, sheiks and corrupt and extortionate landlords. We Americans loved anyone who professed antiCommunism, especially if he had oil property. As for Nasser, he clearly wants to be a Tito, not a Kadar, vis-à-vis Moscow...
...Soviets do not see how they could occupy and/or control the U.S. But they do see how their conquest of all Eurasia would leave them at the end of the war in a position vis-à-vis the U.S. better than their present position. It is this vision not Nikita Khrushchev's present position. It is this vision that gives confidence to Russian spokesmen and drive to Russian diplomacy...
...General Nathan Farragut Twining, that the U.S. is behind Russia in long-range missiles and must "get on the move" to catch up. But "It is important that we realize, at home and abroad, that we are not-today-in my judgment, in a position of inferior military strength vis-á-vis the Soviet Union . . . Such a misapprehension could lead to fatal compromises in connection with disarmament negotiations and could lead to other retreats in the foreign policy fields-worldwide-which would eventually destroy our security...