Word: centrist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...protesters are expected to mass on the banks of the Rhine across from the building where Reagan will be meeting with the leaders of other North Atlantic Treaty Organization nations. The tone of such rallies may be somewhat muted by Reagan's Eureka proposal. In Paris, the centrist daily Le Monde said Reagan was asking the Soviets to make most of the sacrifices, but the paper still praised his willingness to resume negotiations...
...same agreement also led to the election of three Vice Presidents instead of one. Representing the largest parties in the assembly, they were Raúl Molina Martinez of the rightist National Conciliation Party (P.C.N.), Gabriel Mauricio Gutiérrez Castro of ARENA, and Pablo Mauricio Alvergue of the centrist Christian Democrats. The result gave at least the appearance of a political consensus. Declared U.S. Ambassador Deane Hinton: "A government of national unity is good news for El Salvador. Democracy is at work...
...junta rather than attacking Britain's legal claim to the Falklands. Another premised her question on a claim that El Salvador's guerrillas represent "85% to 90% of the people," ignoring the fact that about 80% of the country's voters cast ballots in March for centrist and rightist parties...
...most dramatic new factor is the leadership from bishops. Once belittled by church liberals as excessively cautious. much of the hierarchy is out in front of many in its U.S. flock of 50 million. Indisputably, though, the episcopal presence has been lending the causes an image of centrist respectability. "With American bishops, you're not dealing with radicals or anti-American kooks," says Father David Tracy of the University of Chicago...
...week wore on, however, the reasons for optimism began to fade. At first the election had looked like a stunning personal victory for Jose Napoleon Duarte, President of the civilian-military junta and the man backed by the U.S. because of his moderate reform policies. His centrist Christian Democratic Party led the balloting with a 40% plurality and 24 seats in the 60-member assembly, which will name an interim President, write a new constitution and organize national elections. The Christian Democrats hoped that after their strong showing they would easily be able to control the assembly by forming...