Word: buildups
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...banner at the victory celebration. Indeed, if Wilson Goode, now well ahead, beats former Mayor Frank Rizzo in next month's primary in Philadelphia and goes on to become mayor, the leaders of four of the nation's six largest cities will be black, an impressive buildup of political muscle...
...savings." Andrews dismissed the lower fuel costs as "just a windfall from some sheik." Nor did conservative Democrats give any promise of support. Complained James Exon of Nebraska: "Not a single bullet has been cut." Members of both parties remained unconvinced that the nation could afford the buildup Reagan envisions in the face of a fiscal 1983 budget deficit that now approaches $208 billion...
...public, was strongly urged by National Security Adviser William Clark, who felt that the President's personal efforts could salvage the dwindling national consensus for more defense spending. The tactic was consistent with Reagan's deepest instincts; he fervently accepted Weinberger's arguments that the buildup proposed was the "bare minimum" needed for national security...
...year-old French archivist, Patrick Guerrier, who had been caught passing classified documents relating to French energy plans to a Soviet attaché. Said a Western expert on Soviet affairs: "You don't have to look any further I than the obvious explanation. The Soviet buildup has been substantial, and the French are sick of it, just like the British " were...
...imports of French machinery needed for the Soviet natural-gas pipeline project to Western Europe. The Soviets undoubtedly will find ways to make their displeasure felt, but experts do not expect anything much more serious. In Washington, London and Bonn, meanwhile, Mitterrand's challenge to the Soviet espionage buildup was warmly approved as much for its direct impact as its symbolic value. By his bold gesture, the French President reminded his allies that the Soviet threat is a reality that cannot be ignored...