Word: clashing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...looks as though the Soviets may be bent on turning the Year of the Missile into a replay of the Cuban missile crisis, at least in its symbolic dimension, as a clash of wills between the superpowers. While this does not necessarily mean a return to the brink of nuclear war, it certainly does not augur well for an agreement that would secure the nuclear peace, nor for a summit at which such an agreement might be signed. -By Strobe Talbott
...their demonstration after the Women's Peace Camp protest at England's Greenham Common, a projected site for U.S. cruise missiles. There, several thousand women have assembled, on and off, since September 1981. But by last week the Seneca protest had mainly managed to provoke an angry clash of cultures in a conservative rural community...
...that upcoming clash of the titans and the continuing fight for the world computer market, IBM will be tough to beat. Its resources-human...
...Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker Jr. of Tennessee and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici of New Mexico. Meant as an incentive to congressional selfdiscipline, the resolution does not go to the White House for approval or veto. The stage is thus set for a bitter, lengthy clash between Capitol Hill and the White House over specific tax and spending bills...
...annually "as far as the eye can see." Figures released last week showed that in May the Government spent $29.3 billion more than it took in, the biggest one-month deficit in U.S. history. As the economy expands in 1984 and 1985, the Goverment's borrowing needs could clash with loan demands by private businesses. Such a conflict would give Volcker only two choices, both unpalatable. He could either boost the money supply enough to accommodate the deficits and thus rekindle inflation, or he could keep money tight and risk sending interest rates back to devastating levels...