Word: expression
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thus de Gaulle's promising formula is still little more than a change de language, as L'Express put it a month ago. The parliamentary vote of confidence last week reflected more expediency than conviction; the Deputies knew that the President could and would dissolve the Chamber if he met defeat. The so-called "Gaullists," right up to Premier Michel Debre, generally prefer continued strong prosecution of the war and eventual "integration...
Pondering the meaning of Sputnik I back in October 1957, the London Express confidently predicted that the result of the Soviet push into space would be a U.S. drive to "catch up and pass the Russians" in space exploration. "Never doubt for a moment that America will be successful." the Express added. The U.S. agreed with that statement: of course it would catch up, and quickly...
...charge up to $300 in New York stores, pay it back at the rate of $25 a month. Last August he overdrew by $73, and the bank put a stop on further debt. Meanwhile, with his Chase card as a recommendation, Miraglia applied to the Diners' Club, American Express and Conrad Hilton's Carte Blanche for good-anywhere credit cards. Diners' and American Express turned him down; Carte Blanche sent him a card...
...poem. This corresponds to his belief that "the world's best creations describe their own birth.'' The birth of the poem, Pasternak seems to be saying, is like the birth of a world, day emerging from night. The poet encompasses the world and suffers to express it ("Blood froze in the huge Colossus") while the common run of humanity sleeps under the snows. Such is Pasternak's own creative shorthand that -as with any major poet-the possibilities of symbolic interpretation are almost limitless, without ever offering complete certainty as to the "real" meaning...
...have been passing them out. They liked to circle into groups of 100 or so, and sing party songs while the men swayed to the music. One night when the Yale Russian chorus staged a counter amusement, they paused long enough from their shredding of copies of Amerika to express disapproval of those intrigued by the Americans...