Word: bulwark
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strong as it once was. Since 1979, when the Marxist-oriented Sandinistas took power in Nicaragua, the U.S. has sent more than $1.5 billion in economic aid to El Salvador. The Reagan Administration has sent an additional $500 million for military use, while hailing Duarte as a bulwark against the spread of Communism in the region. Nonetheless, Secretary of State George Shultz, during a recent visit to San Salvador, acknowledged that American aid has limits...
...users know, journalese is a formidable bulwark against libel, candor and fresh utterance. Any threat to its state-of-the-art ground-breaking terminology would have a chilling effect on everybody, especially us award- winning journalists...
...Above all we need the influence of a tough minded citizenry, which is the best bulwark against the belief that America is endowed with some superior virtue," Bok told the seniors...
...Best and the Brightest of Kennedy's day fought World War II to save the possibilities of freedom, helped rebuild war-ravaged Europe as a bulwark of the West and launched the world's free-market economies on the greatest surge of growth ever. Even if the tragedy of Viet Nam is entered on the debit side, this record of achievement remains a challenge for their children to match...
...last bulwark of the old world is giving way. Plain doctoring rest in peace. Boston and Harvard physicians, and physicians across the country, are learning how to play politics and manipulate the media to get their share--just like diplomats, farmers, and terrorists...