Word: blows
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...This is much, much bigger. It's bigger than all of us," he said, his words tumbling over each other. "We tried private war already--but like Newsweek said, too many losers and misfits were getting into it. The Freedom Fight is no place for every Joe Blow who subscribes to Soldier of Fortune. What we really need is real men and big money. You might not agree with him, but the Ayatollah is a real man. Now that source is dried up, we need a new supplier...
...other areas, the Administration -- and the country -- might have to pay a heavy price for this latest and most serious blow to the credibility and competence of U.S. foreign policy. The prestige of the President has been seriously weakened, his staff is in disarray, and the Administration seems less able than ever to speak with a coherent voice on matters ranging from arms control to antiterrorism. Reagan's ability to project a sound foreign policy was badly hurt by revelations that he deceived the American people, Congress and the world about his stance against dealing for hostages and sending arms...
...blacks as much as they do its white rulers, but had no comment on Barclays' action. Privately, some British officials were not pleased. Said one senior government aide: "If South Africa has picked up a valuable asset on the cheap, it can't exactly be seen as a major blow to the country...
...time lawyers smell big fees in the coming legal battles. Democrats taste new power and are in an uncharacteristic season of teeth-gritting, determined self-control so that they don't blow their main chance by allowing instant hysteria to take over...
...final blow was the artificially induced famine of 1932-33. It was caused by Moscow's impossibly large requisitions of grain from the depleted farms, and it was maintained by preventing outside help from reaching the starving. No soup kitchens were set up, as they had been during the much less severe famines of the czarist era. Conquest argues that Stalin was aiming at the genocide of the Ukrainians, whose nationalist yearnings he despised and feared. The toll supports his view. Of the 7 million who died of hunger, 6 million were Ukrainians...