Word: defendents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fight the American-backed South Koreans. He did so under "no pressure" from the government, but rather out of a "great deal of nationalistic patriotism on my part." The rallying cry that stirred him and his compatriots was "Resist the United States and aid Korea; Protect your home and defend your country." "After half a century we finally had peace," he says of post-revolutionary China, and they felt threatened by U.S. connections with the hated Chiang...
...revolution and hostage crisis, along with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, brought home the message that only blind faith could guarantee a steady supply of oil from the Middle East. While a re-election campaign motivated President Jimmy Carter's plans for a rapid deployment force and promises to defend the straits of Hormuz from outside invasion, there has been no equivocation in his successor's intentions. President Reagan and Secretary of State Alexander Haig have made explicit the administration's commitment to protect vital areas from the threat of Soviet aggrandizement and other efforts to destabilize regimes that otherwise...
...world's stake in protecting access to Middle East oil. Said he about Saudi Arabia: "There's no way that we could stand by and see that taken over by anyone that would shut off that oil." Reagan's muzzy statement, implying that the U.S. would defend the Saudi royal family against internal upheaval, underscored his-and the Administration's-continued difficulty in handling foreign affairs. Both the articulation of policy and decision making have been quirky and halting...
...today there are 105 predominantly black colleges. About half belong to state university systems that have been engaged in legal battles with Washington over integration. But it is the private black colleges that have the oldest and strongest identity to defend...
...into the Riz Stefanie hotel along with 18 assistants, 4,000 volumes on chess and boundless disgust for the challenger. "Korchnoi must have the right atmosphere to play well," sniffed Karpov. He took the world championship by default in 1975 when the reigning champion, American Bobby Fischer, refused to defend his title. Since then Karpov has played more tournaments than any other modern champion, in an apparent effort to legitimize his easy accession to the crown...