Word: buildups
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...doing that is pressing the sale of AWACS radar planes, and that deal is still in deep trouble in Congress. In the broader area of foreign policy, the Administration has blown hot and cold on dealing with the Soviet Union and is relying heavily on a huge American military buildup. But Reagan's nuclear-arms plans also have stirred doubts among the legislators...
...support for the rally. Galling too was the fact that one of the principal speakers at the rally, Erhard Eppler, is a member of the S.P.D.'s national executive committee and a former member of the Cabinet. Said Schmidt: "The demonstrators are blind to the huge Soviet [arms] buildup. They make no substantial contribution to securing peace on the basis of military balance. Instead, they weaken the West's position and thus indirectly strengthen the East's position...
Victoria L. Hays, the women's swim coach, has been working on the project since its inception, and said yesterday, "We need something to move women's athletics at the same caliber as the men's without all the years of buildup...
...pair then talked for nearly three hours with only their interpreters present. Gromyko predictably complained about the Reagan Administration's plans for a massive military buildup and faulted its foggy position on arms control. Taking note of Washington's anti-Soviet harangues, he accused the U.S. of wrecking detente. In answer, Haig cited President Reagan's fervent belief that Moscow is to blame for any chilly relations and attacked the Soviets for continuing to press their own formidable military augmentation. He also ticked off a familiar list of examples of Soviet expansionism: Angola, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Yemen...
Those who opposed the move--part of an estimated $180.8-billion military buildup over the next six years--gave a variety of reasons. Some opposed deployment of the MX in any form, while others specifically disagreed with Reagan's method of basing the nuclear warhead-equipped missiles...