Word: knowingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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There always has been a little after-hours jesting among the campaign operatives about their candidates ("Does he know where he is? ... Get him his speech ...Ask him to try not to scratch himself in front of the cameras"), but in today's world of intense scrutiny, when a tiny glitch can sink a campaigner, the candidates have become frightened and more dependent than ever on their experts, who become more self-important with each election. Twenty years ago, when John Kennedy introduced many of today's practices, the handlers were a good deal more humble. None...
...World countries are far less inclined than tradition-minded Western states to abide by the old rules of discourse among nations. The fact is, modern diplomacy is a Western invention, developed piecemeal by the duchies and principalities of 15th and 16th century Europe. Western diplomats, at least, would not know how to operate without two of its principal canons: the "immunity" of foreign diplomats from local laws and regulations, and the "inviolability" of embassy ground. Inviolable sanctuary has been upheld even in hours of international conflict. In the aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution, for example, Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty sought...
...Salisbury, armored personnel carriers rolled through the streets and clusters of armed Rhodesian soldiers gathered nervously on the corners as helicopter gunships swooped low over the city. Out in the bush, at the Alpha cease-fire camp, Sergeant Roy Rowley of the Rhodesian African Rifles noted grimly: "Now I know what it's like to be waiting for the end of the world...
...that to happen, Mugabe must win the confidence of the whites, whose capital and know-how will remain essential to Zimbabwe's economy for years to come. Yet as a nationalist leader with an avowed commitment to socialism, he must also begin to satisfy black demands for a greater share of the national wealth. In addition, he may soon face mounting pressures for radical change from impatient hard-liners within his own party, who are anxious to reap the immediate benefits of their newly won power...
...hoaxes or extortion attempts and that no nuclear device was ever involved. The authors claim that one of the blackmail ploys, supposedly hatched by Palestinians, forced President Gerald Ford in the spring of 1974 to consider the evacuation of Boston. Officials in Boston and Washington admit that Ford did know of such a threat, but that they never could identify who was behind it. No evacuation was ever considered...