Word: dependency
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ousted by the military in March. In a televised speech, LÓpez announced that the 37-member Armed Forces Superior Council was once again the final arbiter of all defense matters. Though Lopez did not criticize the U.S. directly, his talk served notice that Washington could no longer depend on the unquestioning collaboration of the Alvarez years...
...could depend on a fairy tale ending, all would be well. But Karl points out that "nothing is firm or solid in Spain," and anti-monarchists note that his grandfather ruled for 29 years before fleeing to Rome...
...that between Kennedy and Carter in 1980. Advisers in both camps still say that a reconciliation at the convention is likely, although a Mondale-Hart ticket (which could make sense for both men) remains problematic. Since there are no great ideological divisions between them, whether they achieve solidarity will depend on how well they can temper their personal rivalry. "I'm not bitter," claims Hart. His wife Lee was anodyne as well. "We've been friends with the Mondales in the past," she said last week, "and we'll be friends with them in the future." Mondale...
Another cause for delay is that the Nicaraguans depend heavily upon Cuban diplomats for guidance. U.S. officials say that at recent Contadora sessions, the Nicaraguans and Cubans have occupied adjoining hotel suites. Last week's Panama City agreement was announced only after the Sandinista Foreign Minister, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, met quietly with Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada. The U.S. maintains its own discreet channels of influence with Contadora through the Administration's special presidential envoy for Central America, Harry Shlaudeman, a veteran Foreign Service officer who was executive director of the Kissinger Commission...
...seemingly legitimate documents shielding these shipments make the illegal trade difficult to detect. But the World Wildlife Fund has recently helped the U.S. Government computerize international export-import records and has begun matching them with census counts of endangered species. Stopping the illegal trade in the future may depend not only on catching poachers in the act but on following the document trail they leave behind. Says the fund's Linda McMahan: "It's not just a cloak-and-dagger operation any more. It's becoming a complex paper chase...