Word: buffer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Geneva accords of 1962. The Pathet Lao demand a two-thirds share in the government, and they have a large but unacknowledged North Vietnamese military presence to back their claim. What is fundamentally at issue is whether Laos will emerge as a reasonably independent buffer state that might help to bring some stability to Indochina, or as an out-and-out fiefdom of Hanoi...
...unwritten understanding more explicit. A knotty related problem is whether Thieu will be required to release all political prisoners now held in South Viet Nam. It was revealed that another key question had been resolved in the earlier secret talks: the DMZ would be preserved as a supervised buffer zone between the two Viet Nams...
...ingredient: empty space. Kansas City bought and took options on 10,400 acres just 17 miles from downtown. The Texas cities dropped their traditional rivalry to purchase 17,400 acres-a parcel larger than Manhattan Island-midway between them. The extra land around the runways forms a buffer between airport and community; it is reserved for light industry, warehousing and other uses unaffected by the roar of jetliners...
...Stones hit the stage, and thinking became instinct. I had an aisle with four others, and we'd immediately made friends with the first layer of people in the aisle: they became a civilian buffer zone. There was no need to push them, just brace an arm or a foot on the stage, and hold your ground. Because there was no pushing, only the jostling of 100 people, packed in a space for 20, trying to get some air. There was friendly camaraderie all the way around, and I was happy because I could see the show...
...societies, the most conservative elements among the native, colonized population tend to be those people who gain secure employment with expatriate firms. Invariably, such individuals acquire a vested interest in the system, become alienated from the mass of their suffering fellow natives, and served as a useful, system-maintaining buffer between the colonial elite and the exploited masses, not to mention their roles as spies and traitors of national liberation movements. The last thing the Angolan resistance movement needs now is a thriving coopted native elite. More than the guns of the Portuguese, such a group could set the movement...