Word: anathemas
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Once a Democrat-he became a Republican in 1970-Baker has long been anathema to the far right. Often conservatives have tried to persuade Reagan to drop Baker. "Jim is a reasonable person who sits down with the opposition and works things out," complains Richard Viguerie, the right's direct-mail expert, who considers such reasonableness a weakness. In Viguerie's view, Baker "doesn't understand confrontation politics...
...three, which have agreed to limit the growth rate of their major textile shipments to 1% per year, China has balked. It argued that, since it runs an annual trade deficit of $600 million with the U.S., it should be allowed a growth rate closer to 6%. That is anathema to U.S. textile producers and labor organizations; they claim that U.S. manufacturers are being undercut by low-wage producers in Asia...
...record in foreign affairs, though, is reviving the reputations of some who used to tend the store. Zbigniew Brzezinski, once associated with the confusions of Carter's policy, now gets respectful attention in the papers. So does Carter, when he is talking about Arabs and Israelis. Henry Kissinger, anathema to Reagan's right-wing supporters, has been called in as a consultant by Secretary of State George Shultz. "The reason guru-grabbing has come into such vogue is that a strategy vacuum exists within the divided Reagan White House," writes conservative Columnist William Safire. He regards Reagan...
...involvement with Mexico, which has included three invasions and the seizure or forcible purchase of fully half of Mexico's territory (now parts of Texas, California and five other states), means that overt American intervention in its neighbor's affairs, even of the most helpful kind, is anathema to Mexican leaders. The U.S. infusion of cash that averted Mexican bankruptcy last summer, for example, was arranged with a minimum of fanfare and rhetoric. Says a Washington-based expert on Mexico: "The most important thing we can do for De la Madrid is not to smother...
...target of many countries. From the point of view of the Westerner, elections are a way of life. In Pakistan that is not so. We have lost half a country [formerly East Pakistan, now Bangladesh] as a result of the 1970 election. Elections to Pakistan are an anathema. Elections create crisis in Pakistan. A little while ago, politics in Pakistan meant violence, character assassination, polarization. It is my aim to inculcate positive Islamic values, and then, at the proper time, I will have no other option but to hold elections and let the people return their truly elected representatives. That...