Word: controls
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...China, as well as their variants in Cuba, Albania and North Korea, relied on the peasant mentality of the majority of their populations. Beyond making it possible for well-organized, small revolutionary groups to take power, this attribute also enabled them to consolidate power after the revolution and maintain control as the regime matured...
...1920s the Soviet leadership talked of engaging in social engineering through education and propaganda to transform its feudal subjects into enlightened socialists -- a "Homo sovieticus" who would be compassionate and informed. Instead, these regimes found it easier to control their citizens by reinforcing their worst instincts, most of which derived from peasant attitudes...
Even though his election plans were disrupted, Noriega remained in control of Panama. But his rule is no longer as absolute as it was a week ago. The elections bestowed a certain legitimacy on the opposition and forced Noriega to consult more frequently than usual with the military, the key to his power. Noriega may also be looking over his shoulder more often at rank-and-file members of the PDF , as the general's election analysts concede that significant numbers of uniformed voters chose Endara over Duque. Even Panama's highly influential Roman Catholic Church, which had remained silent...
...other big-ticket items, inflation poses a serious threat. If Greenspan vigorously pushes interest rates higher to combat that threat, he risks a recession; if he tries to ease up just enough to permit the economy to make a soft landing, he risks letting inflation get out of control...
...might think, Washington would have wised up. Again and again, Mikhail Gorbachev has grabbed headlines and impressed world opinion by making catchy, if often propagandistic, arms-control offers. So it would behoove any American official who sits down with the Soviet leader to be prepared for surprises -- preferably with a fresh and appealing U.S. initiative...