Word: elementalism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...irrational element will continue its present dominance in our society until we take the radical step of beginning formal instruction in the methods of rational thought at the first-grade level...
...financial organizations as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Now Taiwan's eligibility for loans from these organizations will come into question. Particularly endangered is the island's most-favored-nation status. Indeed the whole business climate of the island may be its most vulnerable element once the American defense umbrella is removed...
These concerns added an extra element of urgency to Vance's shuttle. His last-minute attempt to meet the deadline produced a week of roller-coaster diplomacy. Carrying a battered briefcase bulging with notes and drafts of possible compromises, Vance was typically cautious as he flew into Cairo a week ago Sunday. He knew that he would have to get concessions from the Egyptians and that Sadat was going to try to rewrite parts of the draft treaty. Vance was determined to resist because any tampering with even minor points of a text in the late stages of talks risks...
Golda took over as Israel's fourth Premier, more the autocrat than the mother comforter. But even in this dominating role, she injected a maternal element into the cold science of international relations. She assembled her senior cabinet members at supper in her kitchen to discuss affairs of state amid aromatic fumes of the chicken soup she loved to cook. She met Prime Ministers and Presidents at the grandest of diplomatic dinners wearing her severely cut suits and orthopedic shoes. She tolerated bodyguards with reluctance but would often brew tea for them in the morning's small hours...
...location of the ceremony was a concession to police precautions. Heretofore, the Nobel award has always been bestowed at Oslo University's marble-clad Festival Hall. Security experts feared the hall offered too many opportunities to terrorists. In changing the venue, Begin's guardians unconsciously added an element of historical irony to this year's ceremony. The 14th century Akershus served during World War II as headquarters for that quintessential Nazi collaborator and anti-Semite, Vidkun Quisling...