Word: devotee
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Unfortunately, at present the Europeans have little desire to devote large budgetary resources to their defense. Until we can persuade them to do so, we must continue to guard the continent. If our commitment disappeared, our closest allies--culturally and economically as well as militarily--would be at substantial risk...
In foreign policy, Gorbachev is seeking a relaxation of tensions so that he can devote energy and resources to his domestic reforms. That is why he has been so determined to engage the most anti-Soviet of American Presidents in personal diplomacy. Gorbachev needs to convince international public opinion that...
Chun also surprised his countrymen by relinquishing his position as president of the ruling Democratic Justice Party more than six months before he is scheduled to leave office. Speaking to a routine session of party members, Chun announced that he was stepping down from his party post so he could...
Yes, Britain has a winner-take-all electoral system ((WORLD, June 1)), but so does the U.S. The difference is that the British settle the matter in 24 days, while we devote 24 hours a day, month after month, to tangling, wangling and wrangling before we can reach a decision...
What may unsettle the candidates more than the Times's request are the truly personal questions since Hart's fall. The Cleveland Plain Dealer cited Ohio Governor Richard Celeste's denials of a "Hart-type personal problem" as justification for its story about his alleged affairs. In a LIFE interview...