Word: build-up
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...CONCEIVABLE, indeed likely, that Reagan would like nothing more than to belie his reputation for bellicosity and achieve an arms control pact which vindicates his "build-up and reduce" philosophy. As with Nixon's opening to China. Reagan is unlikely to be undercut by a fatal right-wing reaction should he begin treating U.S. Soviet relations as something other than an undeclared...
...former Crimson president defended the Reagan Administration's nuclear and conventional arms build-up in a 90-minute off the record discussion with the approxmately 150 alums and undergraduates in attendance...
...that appears to demand a pragmatic surrender of all notions of negotiated settlement. This impasse will not be overcome by waiting for outside maneuvering. American policy under Reagan has succeeded only in escalating the arms race in the area, alleviating nothing and helping put the burden of excessive military build-up on developing economies that can sorely afford it. The hope lies with the voices from within, both Jewish and Arab, calling for compromise and an end to violence. These moderate voices are few and separated from one another, yet they represent a rend in both camps which could foreseeably...
...resume aid to the Central American nation, pledge non-intervention in Nicaraguan affairs and pressure counter-revolutionaries training on American soil to cease their activities. In return, the Sandinistas must agree to end aid to leftist guerrillas in El Salvador and put a limit on their arms build-up and the number of foreign military advisors in the region...
...other points, though, are balanced and make sense. The Sandinistas have stated convincingly that their significant military build-up is a necessary response to perceived U.S. belligerence...