Word: confrontation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...everything from program trading to superstition about Friday the 13th, there was a deeper message: confidence in the stock market will remain shaky as long as the U.S. economy rests on a mountain of debt that neither politicians in Washington nor business leaders on Wall Street seem willing to confront...
Abroad and at home, challenges are going unmet. Under the shadow of a massive federal deficit that neither political party is willing to confront, a kind of neurosis of accepted limits has taken hold from one end of Pennsylvania Avenue to the other. Whatever the situation -- the unprecedented opportunity to promote democracy in Eastern Europe, the spreading plague of drugs, the plight of the underclass, the urgent need for educational reform -- the typical response from Washington consists of encouraging words and token funds. Yet voters, especially the better-organized ones, continue to demand -- and often receive -- more benefits and services...
Garcia, the Peruvian president, said the drug summit "will represent our point of view on how to confront the escalation of violence that drug traffickers have unleashed in our countries, and also our perspective on the United States president's proposals...
...would sign a START agreement without a deal on submarine-launched cruise missiles, whether achieved separately or not. Even if they do treat SLCMs as a separate issue, the Soviets are certain to use the negotiations to propose reductions in naval forces, an issue the U.S. is reluctant to confront. Discussions about cruise missiles with nuclear warheads might quickly lead to discussions about SLCMs with conventional warheads, a weapon for which the Navy has big future plans...
...Route 69 in a test of strength against the army of Phnom Penh. As for Viet Nam's soldiers, they left behind more than 50,000 dead and returned home to a nation demoralized by poverty, unemployment, food shortages, corruption and continuing status as an international pariah. Both countries confront internal challenges that may make the past decade seem a time of relative tranquillity...