Word: disclaiming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...past, the main obstacle to an agreement had been Managua's refusal to disclaim support for the Salvadoran leftists. The Administration believes the Sandinistas send arms to and train the guerrillas. Nicaragua has denied this allegation, saying only that it gives "moral support" to its ideological soulmates...
...sons and daughters of the bourgeoisie . . . The sources quoted on this trend were primarily the non-Marxists themselves, most of whom are now in exile or otherwise disillusioned." The Marxists insisted that they were not strong enough to take over and thus favored a "pluralistic democracy." SANDINISTAS DISCLAIM MARXISM was a Washington Post front-page headline. Perhaps these preconceptions explain what Christian regards as the press's worst misjudgment in Nicaragua...
...backed into a buzz saw when he and Stockman jointly proposed a plan to reform Social Security by reducing benefits. Regardless of the degree to which the plan had merit, and elements of it had a lot, it was met with bipartisan outrage on Capitol Hill. Reagan had to disclaim it. For a man who served two terms in the Senate, Schweiker showed himself surprisingly inept in dealing with Congress. He earns a middling C, but only because he does not deserve blame for all of what has happened in his realm...
...virtues. To think well of oneself was one thing, but, under the traditional rules, it was quite an other to give voice to one's privately cultivated selfesteem. In deed, even if somebody else called attention to one's admirable points, one was supposed to disclaim the praise...
Sacks is quick to disclaim personal credit for the institute and the advances in clinical education, claiming they have been gradual changes over the years, but Gary Bellow, professor of Law and head of the institute, says Sacks worked hard to establish the program and get faculty approval for it. "It wouldn't be here without him." Bellow adds...