Word: capitulationism
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Some observers regarded the confusion over whether Nicaragua is being sincere or is involved in trickery as evidence of a power struggle within the Sandinista leadership. An opposition politician asserted that Sandinista moderates had previously agreed to delay the vote in order to appease international opinion. This, he said, was...
David died alone in a hotel room in Palm Beach, a sad and private capitulation to drugs and confusion and an unappeasable grief. The burden to which he was heir was not the burden of public service and sacrifice, but the (for him) unbearable burden of being a Kennedy. And...
Arms-control specialists remain divided over the proposal. Opponents, notably Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle, have denounced the framework approach as a shameless retreat from the U.S.'s original ambitious goals and, worse, a capitulation that would reward the Soviets for their stonewalling and their walkout. The State...
The response was harsh: the Pope eventually rejected Luther's protest and demanded capitulation. It was then that Luther began asking questions about other aspects of the church, including the papacy itself. In 1520 he charged in an open letter to the Pope, "The Roman Church, once the holiest...
If carried out, it was capitulation.