Word: vis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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America has lost some of its venturesomeness and taste for political engagement vis-à-vis Communism, and in some respects that is a good thing. But the simple humanitarian concern for truth ought to keep these radio stations alive...
...James' "We must grant the artist his subject, his idea ..." sounds as if the artist were always a man. Thus a search is under way for a set of sexless singular pronouns. A Women's Liberation lexicographer who styles herself Varda One has come up with ve, vis and ver. Others have suggested singularizing they, their and them to te, ter and tern. Someone has invented co, cos, co, which takes a pleasant form in the coself construction, and another added her and him together and got herm, which ve pointed out with reprehensible etymology...
...leave the Left of the Democratic Party? McGovern has an excellent organization, solid grass-roots fund raising efforts, and forthright positions on the issues. Lindsay's assets are personal appeal (which could cut both ways), money, and a campaign based on the theme of the average citizen's powerlessness vis-a-vis Washington. McCarthy also has good funding, high public recognition, and an expressed willingness to challenge the Democratic Party in November if it again presents the American people with a choiceless choice...
...with an important short-term advantage. After the mark had started floating last May, it rose as much as 12% above the franc, which was purposely held fairly steady by Paris. Thus the narrower gap created by the new rates actually puts West German exporters in a better position vis-è-vis their French competitors than they have enjoyed in recent months...
...Russians and the Chinese when he's negotiating with them. If there is no foreign aid in the arsenal, you don't shoot as far." The simple assumption is that foreign aid makes friends for the U.S., and thus adds to the weight that Washington can wield vis-à-vis Moscow and Peking. If military aid to Cambodia and Viet Nam are cut back, the State Department suggests, it will delay American withdrawal from Viet Nam because the local military will not be strong enough to carry on alone. President Nixon has promised a new troopwithdrawal announcement next...