Word: aligners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...veto by Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Chester Crocker. Citing South Africa's mineral wealth and strategic importance, and the West's stake in the stability of southern Africa, Crocker insisted that the U.S. "cannot and will not permit our hand to be forced to align ourselves with one side or another in these disputes," but should try "to maintain communications with all parties." Though he declared that the U.S. would not align itself with "abhorrent" apartheid policies, Crocker asserted that Washington "has no intention of destabilizing South Africa in order to curry favor elsewhere...
...when used improperly, so the WHO code had the support of doctors and government health officials all over the planet. The final tally was 118 to 1, a near miracle of consensus in any international forum. Which nation was it that cast the only no vote, thus appearing to align itself in opposition to good health for babies...
...Carter managers were determined not to align the President with a platform that called for big spending programs. They gathered their forces together in a small open area amid the five Carter trailers, which were circled like frontier wagons. Jordan called about 50 of the floor whips, wearing bright green vests, to collect around him. Standing on a wooden box, he exhorted the group. "The worst thing in the world for President Carter is to be just sitting here while this platform is rewritten," he said. "We've got to fight every one of these economic reports." Then Strauss...
...TIME-commissioned Yankelovich poll provided him with the raw data for charts that were to accompany a Nation story on U.S. foreign policy and the presidential race. Reporter-Researchers Noel McCoy and Deborah Wells compiled figures for charts illustrating this week's World assessment of how various nations align with the Soviet Union, and two Business stories...
...also took an aggressive stance in support of Israel when he appeared at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in New York City last week. "We must never barter the freedom and future of Israel for a barrel of oil," said Kennedy, "or foolishly try to align the Arab world with us, no matter what cost." Declared a satisfied participant: "He said everything they wanted to hear...