Word: wishfully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Absurd Idea. Barry had been saying tor days that he hoped the passions of the presidential campaign would not exacerbate the civil rights struggle, and few Americans could argue with that wish. Now Harlem was aflame with riot, and a degree of political statesmanship seemed mandatory...
...National Shame," the tenth anniversary of the Geneva accords partitioning Viet Nam, Khanh told 60,000 of his country men: "This is not only an urgent appeal of a million refugees from the north, nourishing the dream of liberating their native land. This is not only the ardent wish of thousands of families in the south with relatives who went to the north. This is also the fervent wish of the religious sects, and of the students . . . The push northward [is] an appropriate means of fulfilling our national history." Then the little general led the throng in loud shouts...
Those who wish to receive a cash prize--if they win the contest--should also submit a sealed envelope containing their real name as well as their pen name...
Nonetheless, there'll always be an English secretary. In London and New York, employment agencies are still processing the eager young things by the score, placing them at typewriters in Boston-Chicago and San Francisco-from where they may eventually move to New York if they wish. They do not work for coolie wages either; they may start for less than Americans when they are new to the country, but soon make $80 to $110 a week. Last week the government heard pleas to reconsider its New York ban, conceded that there may have been a misunderstanding, and promised...
Beyond Whitman, the poems poignantly betray Roethke's consciousness, like Andrew Marvell's, of "Time's winged chariot hurrying near," and Roethke cannot even playfully think of love without remembering death. The Wish for a Young Wife is characteristic...