Word: bog
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...failure of Kissinger's mission dashed high U.S. hopes for the beginning of peace. For 17 days he had tried to persuade Israel and Egypt to accept further disengagement in the Sinai. Now the Geneva Conference on the Middle East will probably be reconvened, but it is likely to bog down and cause a stalemate that could lead to yet another...
...specimen, The Bookman. The bulk of his writing, like this last collection, was in the form of reviews. Posed against a floor-to-ceiling bookcase with his snub-nose schoolboy's impertinent face, he seemed as much in his natural habitat as a leprechaun in front of a bog...
...boost it to combat recession, a step most of the other countries took some time ago. The agreement to coordinate policy allowed Giscard to tell President Ford in Martinique that the Market shared the same broad views on the economic crisis. Only on energy did the meeting bog down. Not knowing what to do about high oil prices, the Nine simply ignored them. On defense policies the Nine are at greater odds...
...even a catchy enough piece in its own right. But the narration, rarely leaving the level of "And now, here's the Big Bass Drum," was clearly written for children and is a pointless text for this audience. Even Professor John Finley's gracious reading couldn't help but bog down the action and make us feel that it was getting past our bedtime...
Later I read that The Watkins Glen Corporation has announced plans to fill in the bog with gravel...