Word: correctives
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...often portrayed by gullible sympathizers; they were cold, brutal revolutionaries determined to dominate all of Indochina. The impact of a North Vietnamese victory on the prospects of freedom and national independence in Southeast Asia was certain to be grave; the much maligned domino theory turned out to be correct...
Every Israeli (and American) analysis before October 1973 agreed that Egypt and Syria lacked the capability to regain their territory by force of arms; hence it was assumed they would not attack. The premises were correct. The conclusions were not. What literally no one understood beforehand was the mind of Anwar Sadat. In his view, serious diplomacy was impossible while Israel considered itself militarily supreme and Egypt was paralyzed by humiliation. In 1972 he expelled Soviet troops from his country because of the disrespect shown by Soviet leaders toward Egyptians but above all because they would surely seek to impede...
...letter accompanying a one-page statement to Law School Dean James Vorenberg '49 and other administrators, the Third World Coalition acknowledges that Harvard has tried to alter its "unfair" admissions process but contends that "the Law School's attempts to correct the situation have been largely inadequate...
...lose their pungency and become hail-mary sort of comforting sounds. To Americans, liberty, freedom and the like are such words, held close and uttered reverently by radicals and reactionaries, apologists and activists, crusaders and cops. So to say that 60s activists shared some belief in those goals is correct, but to link them too closely to the campaigners of the Progressive era of the Jacksonian period may be an exaggeration. By the end of the period, the leader, and many of the followers, were angry and bitter, they wanted liberty, freedom, and equality, and they mistrusted power...
...study group on defense matters. Exactly what it would study was not clear. But Prince Sultan, who attended the press conference, quickly observed that the relationship between the two countries was "not based on cooperation in the field of military endeavor." Replied Weinberger: "His Highness is, of course, correct...