Word: asserts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...work simply because it was never really tried--is the solution. Increased economic, scientific, cultural and educational exchange, all mutually beneficial propositions, certainly won't make the current Soviet-American relationship worse. And these policies might just help any moderates that exist within the Soviet power structure to assert themselves, and at the same time hold the generals...
...Soviet assert that they were well within their bounds by shooting down an unarmed civilian aircraft simply because it had violated their airspace. With no evidence whatsoever, they claim (after numerous other claims were exposed as blatant lies at a special session of the U.N. General Assembly) that they believes the airliner was a tool of Western espionage. Moreover, they claim it was the West who engineered such a blatant provocation and that the United States was guilty of inciting a global wave of anti-Soviet hysteria...
...Presidential candidate. And when Ms. Idelson refers to Ellen McCormack, the pro-lifer who ran for President, she should remember the anti-war activists who ran for elected office during the Vietnam War, and the Black candidates, including would-be Presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson, who are beginning to assert their political power. Like most people, I detest all special-interest groups; to single out the anti-abortion movement in an attempt to defame it is capricious, malicious, and an excellent example of the adage "People in glass houses...
...when fighting took place near their positions on Aug. 28, then the President complied with the law fully on Aug. 30, when he sent Congress a letter to that effect. But many Congressmen, pointing to the mounting Marine casualties and the recent decision to award the troops combat pay, assert that the soldiers faced "imminent involvement in hostilities." If so, then the law requires congressional approval in some form if the Marines are to be allowed to remain beyond Oct. 26 (or Nov. 27, provided Reagan opts for an extension...
...1970s, many legislators were troubled that Presidents Johnson and Nixon had been able to send hundreds of thousands of American troops into combat in Viet Nam without a formal declaration of war. When the Watergate scandal broke, Congress was emboldened to put limits on such presidential prerogatives and to assert its own power...