Word: central
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...overdose did not seriously threaten his life, and at week's end McFarlane, still hospitalized under observation, was expected to recover completely -- and eventually to resume testifying about his central role in the sale of arms to Iran. Police nonetheless concluded that McFarlane, 49, had attempted suicide...
Scowcroft, pondering what the commission has learned, poses the central question and then answers it. "Can we design a system that gives the President the flexibility he must have and guarantees that he will not make a mistake? The answer is no. What we can do is make sure that the President has all the information available for his decision and is told the good and bad consequences that will flow from his action. But if he wants to go off the deep end, there is no system in the world that can stop...
...most sweeping attempt to regulate a personal practice since Prohibition, countless new laws tell Americans where they can and cannot light up. -- A taciturn central figure in Iranscam feels the pressure and attempts suicide. -- As the baby boomers mature, the baby- bust generation is poised to make an impact of its own. -- A drug- interdiction program sputters in a slow start...
Human rights guidelines would help Congress insure that economic aid is not used to shore up military repression. The $300 million in new aid that Dodd-Weicker provides to military "democracies," however, lacks human rights guidelines and is consequently open to abuse; it would continue to subsidize war in Central America...
...future, the United States should refuse to send economic aid to Central America without strong human rights guidelines. The left must use its present strength not only to eliminate contra aid, but also to forge a new foreign policy in Central America. For the United States' current war in Central America involves not only the contras, but also the El Salvadoran, Honduran, and Guatemalan military...