Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Faculty may appoint from time to time to consider particular aspects of the curriculum or College life. It could be argued, of course, that were the Administrative Board to be in the business of making policy as well as applying and interpreting it, that might be a conflict of interest...
...acceptable" if it is part of a process leading to disarmament. But the committee clearly remains deeply distressed by the basic concept of deterrence: U.S. willingness to counterattack by launching nuclear missiles. Since such an assault would be bound to kill countless civilians near military targets, it might well conflict with the tenets of the venerable "just war" doctrine, which bars the indiscriminate or disproportionate killing of the innocent...
...embargo imposed by Jimmy Carter, and according to Argentine sources, had indicated that the U.S. would give any military excursion to the Falklands a sympathetic hearing. But the magnitude of the British response put the United States in the difficult position of deciding where its loyalties lay in the conflict--realizing that in supporting Britain it would seriously jeopardize its relationship with most of Latin America and set back its improving relations with Argentina. The struggle that developed within the Reagan Administration between British backer Alexander Haig and Kirkpatrick embarrassed the United States in the United Nations and contributed indirectly...
...President Reagan, a foolproof system for shooting down nuclear weapons is nothing less than "a new hope for our children in the 21st century." Such an antiballistic missile (ABM) umbrella, he said, would make the U.S. safe from attack, the world free from the danger of cataclysmic conflict between the superpowers, and the doctrine of deterrence more credible-and far more humane-than the traditional reliance on the threat of massive retaliation...
...Guatemala's cities there has been a marked decrease in killings and disappearances since Rios Montt came to power. Guerrilla violence against those suspected of aiding or supporting the government reportedly increased. Clear attribution of responsibility for the deaths of civilians in the areas of conflict is difficult...