Word: counters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been confirmed, Secretary of State Alexander Haig charged last week that Nicaragua has been steadily stockpiling other arms from the Soviet Union, Cuba and Libya. Haig added: "We see no threat [to Nicaragua] that justifies increases of this size." Managua, however, feels that a buildup is necessary to counter the threat of an invasion by right-wing Nicaraguan guerrillas based in neighboring Honduras...
...Administration's foreign policy has so far been guided by a basic them-or-us strategy: trying to construct an allied consensus to counter Soviet expansionism. The Soviets are not the only ones who make that difficult. An unexpected election result in France, a rocketing confrontation in the Middle East that neither superpower wants, and contrary congressional committees are just a few of the roadblocks confronted by those who formulate policy in an uncertain world...
...spot Peres last week placed a new name: Shoshana Arbelli-Almozlino, 55, a hawkish Knesset member and teacher, who went to Israel from Iraq. It was a shrewd choice, designed to give Labor more appeal among women and non-European Jews and to counter Peres' own relatively dovish image. In a meeting last week to hammer out the key top half of their final list, Peres sounded oddly hawkish himself. He accused Begin of inconsistency in regard to the occupied territories. "I don't accept Begin's statements," he said at one point. "He says...
...central bank moved swiftly to counter the expansion in the money supply. On Monday it raised its discount rate from 13% to a record 14%. Banks that borrow from the central bank to meet their own reserve requirements will now have to pay that rate, plus a 4% penalty if they borrow too frequently, bringing the total cost of funds to some banks to 18%. At the same time, the central bank allowed the federal funds rate, the interest charged by banks on overnight loans to each other, to rise above 20%. The hoped-for result of last week...
...bowling to the Beatles, Frisbeeing while learning French, skiing to Shostakovich and jogging to Jagger. The thin wires of the headsets uncoil from Brooks Brothers blazers and Gucci bags, as well as from bib overalls and warmup suits. Commuters, pitchers in bull pens, shoppers hovering over the meat counter and sunbathers soaking up rays are tuning in by the millions. In Houston, prospective buyers of the Sony Walkman, the original device that touched off the craze last year, must sign up for at least a 60-day wait at major audio outlets. In the Boston area, the waiting period...