Word: accordant
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...British and Irish governments issued a communique on Northern Ireland that could bring Sinn Fein, the political arm of the Irish Republican Army, to the negotiating table. But the i.r.a. has yet to relinquish some of its arms--an issue the British regard as crucial to a final peace accord. The signing came just before the son of Virginia Cassidy Blythe Clinton Kelley arrived in Northern Ireland--the first U.S. President ever to visit there. Greeted by enthusiastic crowds, both Protestant and Roman Catholic, Clinton clearly rejoiced in his role as designated peacemaker. One Irish-American politician accompanying the President...
...moving to Clinton's side last Thursday, Dole highlighted an irony. Had the President earlier forced an end to the arms embargo against the Bosnian Muslims, Dole argued, it might not now be necessary for U.S. soldiers to enforce the peace agreement, an accord whose ultimate goal is to strengthen the Bosnians so they can defend themselves when the U.S. leaves. As a consistent opponent of the embargo, Dole had the standing to complain. But the heart of the matter, he said on the Senate floor, is simple: "The troops are on their way. We cannot stop their deployment...
...initialing of the international peace accord at an Air Force base in the American heartland is a powerful demonstration of the role America still plays in managing European security. After years of wavering from the promises of his 1992 election campaign, President Clinton made the decision in late July that the time had come for the war in Bosnia to end. Clinton stiffened the resolve of our NATO allies and launched Holbrooke's diplomatic mission into the heart of the war. Aided by Croatian military victories in early August and a powerful NATO air assault several weeks later, the American...
...ground troops as Bosnian peacekeepers. The force's mission will be to supervise the provisions of the ceasefire and ensure that the combatants withdraw to established lines. Without an international presence on the ground, mutual distrust would in all likelihood lead to a breakdown in the fragile accord. The NATO force guarantees each side that the peace will be upheld and has the strength to enforce it should opposition emerge...
...matter of territorial compromise that the settlers have proven themselves most uncompromising. They have failed to understand that for the state to be Jewish does not mean that it ought to carry out its foreign policy in accord with the Book of Joshua...