Word: buffering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan pads his margin while Mondale tries to buffer his party...
...between East and West Germany [WORLD, Sept. 17], the Soviets should realize that Germany is the flash point between NATO and the Warsaw Pact countries. Were Germany reunified as a neutral country and barred, like Japan, from building offensive forces, it would join Sweden, Austria and Yugoslavia as a buffer between the two groups. Both superpowers could then reduce their missiles and occupying armies...
...network crews were lined up three deep alongside such figures as Catania or President Reagan's Campaign Consultant Drew Lewis, turning the usual traffic jam in the aisles into human gridlock. Summed up Wallace: "There were two clear advantages to this assignment. One was that the layers of buffer between reporters and politicians were gone; they were all right there in front of you, ready to be engaged in conversation. The other was, if you like to appear on television, there was the chance to do so four or five times a night, although not necessarily with something exciting...
...keep protesters out of rock-throwing range, the city has encircled the downtown convention center with a controversial $65,000, 6-ft.-high hurricane fence, creating a buffer zone at least 350 ft. wide. The Dallas police department has canceled vacations for its 2,075 officers, each of whom has received special training in crowd control and explosives detection. Says Police Spokesman Ed Spencer: "We've tried to prepare for just about any eventuality...
...Miskitos and the much less numerous Sumos and Ramas make up at most 4% of Nicaragua's 2.9 million people. Their traditional lands include most of the country's northeast region, which to the Sandinistas has strategic value as a buffer against Honduras. The underpopulated and economically neglected Miskito territory is a trove of timber and gold. Less than a year after they took power, the Sandinistas began to seize control of the area by transferring authority over land ownership to the state. Eventually they launched a direct assault on the Miskitos by proclaiming an agrarian reform...