Word: hopes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hope that the U.S. will never bow to Khomeini's blackmail. If the Carter Administration agrees to Iranian demands, it will be a blow and a very bad example to those who love democracy...
...hostages originated, but it caught on with amazing speed. On one day, postal officials sent about 44,000 pieces of mail to Iran. The next day, the total more than doubled. The messages were simple and from the heart. Scrawled an eight-year-old boy in Portland, Ore.: "We hope you are releesed soon." In Tehran the militants guarding the U.S. embassy accepted the mail, and said some of it was being passed on to the hostages...
...Senators on the new strategy, Defense Secretary Harold Brown emphasized the growing need for the U.S. to be able, should it choose, to bring military power to bear rapidly overseas. "In some cases," said Brown, "that might be to turn the tide of battle. In other cases -we would hope in most cases-that would be to deter the outbreak of fighting in the first place...
Lord Soames will do his best to prevent that gloomy scenario from unfolding. But in the end, he can do no more than set the electoral process in motion under the fairest possible conditions and hope for the best. Once Britain's short-lived raj is over, the people of an independent Zimbabwe will be in control of their own destiny. That in itself is no small accomplishment...
...again, all performed with whirling arms, splits, slides and high jumps?attracted as much attention as his songs. An early Townshend tune like My Generation, with a chorus od stuttered definace ("Why don't you all f-f-f-fade away") and its refrain like a middle-finger salute ("Hope I die before I get old") put everyone on notice. In the 14 years since that single came out, The Who has lost none of its power. Townshend may have refined the song musically, shaped the message a little more deftly, as in Won't Get Fooled Again...