Word: dependably
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What happens next will depend, most of all, on the wishes of the ailing Khomeini, who has apparently been doing some soul searching from his hospital bed. Last week, mindful of reports that Soviet troop strength was increasing along the border with Iran, he denounced the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan for the first time and pledged support to the Afghan insurgents. More important, he has bestowed his blessing on Banisadr in a manner that could not be mistaken. In this, he reflected the changing political mood of the country itself. Most Iranians seem ready to put the excesses...
Western diplomats depend on unsound hypotheses that involve supposed "left" and "right" factions of the Politburo, when, in reality, all of its members are united in seeking world conquest and are undiscriminating in the means they use. Insofar as struggles do occur within the Politburo, they are purely personal; they cannot be used for diplomatic leverage. The average Soviet citizen, deprived though he is of information about the world and of the benefits of Western Kremlinology, understands this perfectly well. Illiterate Afghan herdsmen are equally on target when they burn portraits of Marx and Lenin, instead of accepting the tale...
...three Republicans are in a squeaker of a race, and the outcome may depend on which candidate best manages to bridge the cultural gap. So far, George Bush may be a little further along on that job than his rivals. His son Jeb, 26, speaks fluent Spanish, and for the past two weeks has made three or four appearances daily, always trying to keep his aptitude a secret until the last possible moment. "Amigos Puertorriqueños ..." he begins. Cheers erupt from the surprised crowds...
...lists spread but on the dining room table. As a supporter of Ronald Reagan, he was trying to round up a few more votes. As temporary chairman of the meeting, Kalal also used these final hours to figure out how to take charge of the caucus itself. Rather than depend on just a blackboard, for instance, he decided to set up his own slide projector to display the returns on a screen. He also jokingly mentioned his scheme to send one of George Bush's most articulate supporters out to phone in the straw-poll results. "While...
...waistline, Filartiga looks more like the semi-retired family g.p., benevolent but dilapidated. Nearsighted bug eyes peered out of thick spectacles. His roly-poly, bumbling figure gives him the image of a jolly plump man, not one laden by the responsibilities of nursing 37,000 mestizos who depend on him alone for health care...