Word: wish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...democracy, the public is the master and I bow before its choice," the premier said. "I wish good luck to France and good luck to the French...
...extra help for students, particularly in crumbling urban schools, requires extra money. While most states have raised their education budgets since 1983, the Federal Government's contribution has been largely rhetoric. "I just wish that the policies of the President and Secretary matched . their verbal commitment," says Brademas. Bennett's talk of a conspiracy of "extortion," say his critics, closes the door to intelligent discussion of funding...
...What are the choices that one faces when one decides to enter the world of yuppiedom? He can present them and people can think about them as they wish. We wanted someone who knew the meaning of the word 'morality,'" Schwalbe said...
...sometimes wish that reasoning were better understood. When Jimmy Carter appeared on TIME's cover three times during the 1976 primary season, some readers complained that we were trying to propel the ex-Georgia Governor into the White House. In fact, the covers reflected our judgment that Carter's assault on the presidency was the biggest story of the emerging campaign. Ronald Reagan first turned up on the cover in a similar fashion in 1966 as a candidate for Governor of California who seemed likely to go further...
...weeks ago, in Geneva, Moscow promised to fulfill that wish: starting next month the Soviets will begin to withdraw their 115,000-man contingent from Afghanistan. But it will be a tense nine months before the pullout is complete. Under the terms of the Geneva accords signed by the U.S., the Soviet Union, Pakistan and Afghanistan, there is no cease-fire or promise of safe passage for Moscow's exiting forces. The mujahedin have refused to give any quarter to the Soviets, whose eight-year occupation has left more than 1 million Afghans dead...