Word: burdening
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...others may ultimately reflect an interest of our own. A world in which people are not thought capable of honestly pursuing ideals is a world without expectations or demands--which takes a load off of all of us. But we are no better for being relieved of the burden...
...military strength of both nations is proving to be their weakness, due to their misuse of it. The U.S. is overextended with questionable commitments in Panama, historical duties in Western Europe, and the burden of protecting the world's oil supply in the Middle East. As a result, defense spending accounts for a disproportionate share of the skyrocketing budget--$300 billion this year...
...delayed his own departure for the summit, believing that Noriega was about to yield. Instead, at the eleventh hour the general rejected the U.S. terms, which included a controversial offer to drop federal drug- running charges against him. With that, Shultz broke off talks and denounced Noriega as a "burden on the people of Panama." The Reagan Administration, he added for a little positive effect, would continue working with Panamanians and "democratic forces throughout the hemisphere" to get rid of the machete- waving dictator...
...daily life," said the editorial in the Vietnamese Communist Party newspaper Nhan Dan, amid reports that 3 million of Viet Nam's 63.5 million people may be threatened with starvation because of economic mismanagement and poor harvests. Last week Hanoi took a step that may not only lighten the burden on a desperately ailing economy but also make Viet Nam less of a pariah in Southeast Asia. The government announced that by the end of the year it would withdraw 50,000 Vietnamese troops from neighboring Kampuchea as part of a total, phased pullout of 120,000 troops...
...muster points in besieged garrison towns around Afghanistan, sentries in camouflage uniforms guard mounds of duffel bags, stripped-down weapons and communications gear. The streets teem with jeeps, armored personnel carriers, trucks, tanks, half-tracks, command cars, vans, ambulances. The vehicles are the beasts of burden for a caravan of retreat and defeat that will begin this week to wend its way through the rugged passes of the Hindu Kush, north toward home along the Salang Highway, which stretches from Kabul to the Soviet border. The road was a "gift" from the U.S.S.R. to the people of Afghanistan...