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...example of Japan, that other phoenix risen from the ashes of World War II, and learned to be an economic superpower without wanting, or even needing, commensurate military might. But like everyone else, the Germans will certainly want safety. They will want to know who is going to deter whatever threat they still feel from the missiles and bombers of others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: Defusing the German Bomb | 7/2/1990 | See Source »

...policy] may deter some people who have had consulting relationships predating their research relationship," Blumenthal said...

Author: By Andrew D. Cohen, | Title: The Academy Seeks to Redefine Ties to Industry | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

That did not deter Eugene Terre Blanche, leader of the A.W.B., from staging a military drill of 300 of his "officers," whose job, he said, will be to establish countrywide commando groups to oppose a black government. When Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok arrived on a fact-finding trip, he met a heavily armed A.W.B. contingent outside the Welkom police station. Its Land Rover carried a bumper sticker reading IF GUNS ARE OUTLAWED, HOW CAN WE SHOOT LIBERALS? "There is no force in this world," says Terre Blanche, "that will stop ((Afrikaners)) from defending themselves." Vlok has given...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa The Wind Rises in Welkom | 5/28/1990 | See Source »

...just a rational accounting of assets and liabilities. All too often, the national aspirations that drive politics take on a wholly irrational character. Even if the central government applies massive and benign economic leverage by offering all sorts of inducements to the republics to stay, it may not deter them from trying to secede...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nationalism's Silver Lining | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

...deter Saddam from brandishing his fire at the nuclear have- nots in the region, if only to discourage them from rushing to become haves? The answer now is no one. The answer may eventually have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: Defusing Baghdad's Bomb | 4/30/1990 | See Source »

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