Word: accommodationist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...therefore unacceptable. But as a general proposition, the next President should take advantage of Gorbachev's professed -- and already partially demonstrated -- willingness to use diplomacy and political maneuver, rather than the threat of force, to advance Soviet interests. Unlike 1972, when the Soviets' expansionist deeds contradicted their accommodationist words, the next few years -- and perhaps the next summit -- may offer an opportunity to formulate a meaningful, sustainable code of conduct...
...growing challenge to separation comes from "accommodationist" thinkers, who contend that the Government should recognize religion's role in society without favoring any one faith. A prime exponent is Rehnquist. In a blistering 1985 dissent (before he became Chief Justice), he declared that the Supreme Court's implementation of strict separation for the past 40 years has "no historical foundation." Similar points are made by Reagan Cabinet Members Edwin Meese and William Bennett, by conservative Protestants and, more mildly, by Roman Catholic leaders...
Demonstrations are expected to be expanded this week to 13 other U.S. cities where South Africa has consulates or business offices. David Scott, an official of TransAfrica, the group that orchestrated the protest, said that the goal of the demonstrations "is to get the Reagan Administration to change its accommodationist policy toward South Africa...