Word: aiming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...willing to bankroll a reckless contra campaign that could end by dragging the U.S. into a Viet Nam-style war in Central America. The mining has deepened their skepticism, and shaken the faith of Reagan supporters in the Administration's repeated assurances that its prime aim in backing the contras is to stop the flow of Communist weapons into Nicaragua and from there into El Salvador. Said Republican Senator William Cohen of Maine, explaining his vote last week for the antimining resolution: "We know that mines cannot distinguish between commercial vessels and those laden with Soviet and Cuban weapons ... With...
Suppose the Sandinistas do buckle under contra pressure and agree to leave El Salvador alone? That would not satisfy the contras; their aim is very openly to destroy the Sandinista regime. If the U.S. remained true to its avowed purpose, it would have to abandon the contra bands it had trained, armed and encouraged. Alternatively, it would have to negotiate some kind of amnesty under which the contras could lay down their arms...
...threatened by leftist insurrection is an indispensable part of any strategy to prevent that nightmare from coming true. But the U.S. has overemphasized military measures, even though its direct military presence in Central America is quite small: about 2,000 people currently in Honduras and El Salvador. It must aim at a mix of military force, greatly expanded economic aid and a negotiating policy combining willingness to talk to anyone and a clear set of objectives. Rightly or wrongly...
...Klossowski de Rola, and now, in his eighth decade, the "Comte de Rola." The fact that he has been able to fend off inquiry about his origins for so long is a tribute to the alarm that this glacial, gifted and pretentious man inspires in the French. The ostensible aim of his facade is to fade away, like the Cheshire cat (Balthus is fond of cats), and leave only the work, like the grin, hanging in the air. But the real result, of which Balthus must be meticulously aware, is to create a myth about himself: the painter as romantic...
Students for Life recently submitted the necessary papers and is waiting for official college recognition. The group, which includes more than 20 members, first came together in December 1983 with the aim of "educating the Harvard-Radcliffe community about the issue of abortion and its consequences." according to founding member Michael K. Pakatuk...