Word: capitulationism
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After the bargain with the Socialists had been struck, Communist Party Boss Georges Marchais, in a rare moment of candor, dropped his usual ebullient swagger and admitted that his party had not exactly been dealing from a position of strength. Said he: "I would be a hypocrite if I were...
Sweden's latest political crisis came to a head when Fälldin called in opposition Social Democratic leaders for routine discussions of the government's tax-reform program. During an all-night session late last month, a negotiator for Fälldin unexpectedly agreed to Social Democratic...
By granting the Saudis their military wish-list (and the American advisers who must inevitably follow), the United States will be making a spineless capitulation to the world's leading oil-exporter. The sale won't help the Saudis, who don't need more weapons; won't help the Israelis...
Just before the 6 p.m. Thursday deadline for the executions, Pakistani ofiicials negotiating with the hijackers announced that their government had agreed to release the prisoners. The capitulation defused the crisis-almost. At week's end, radical Libya, which had originally agreed to receive the Pakistani prisoners, suddenly balked...
The advocates of ending the affair portrayed the pending agreement-inaccurately-as a complete capitulation by the U.S. "Politically, we have got a fantastic victory," claimed Nabavi. "A superpower has been pushed to the conclusion that it promised not to interfere in Iranian affairs any more. We have made such...