Word: diverts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan's rush to invade Grenada was designed to divert attention from his disaster in Lebanon. "We need a win," said Reagan's advisors, so the Yankee shark swallowed the Caribbean sardine, a ploy to whip the population into line behind the red hot Cold War. Meanwhile, Reagan vows that those responsible for the Beirut bombing "will pay." This means more U.S. troops to Lebanon to serve as Israel's cat's pew and shore up the rule of the Phalangist gangsters. The SYL's call for "Marines out of Lebanon now and alive!" evokes the wide-spread anti-government...
...destroyed an unknown quantity of aquatic plant life on which fish thrive, and forced officials to cut off water temporarily to numerous communities that depend on the Dniester, including the major cities of Odessa and Kishinev. To make up for the lost water, officials scurried to drill wells and divert streams and lakes...
...clout and "defense of the gains of socialism" are all the Party can brag about. Military might surrounding poverty, with patriotism upholding a ramshackle empire (even if the radars don't work) is a mixture as Russian as black bread. So is astute diplomacy and propaganda to manipulate and divert the enemy in times of weakness...
...because there are too many issues to be considered. He agrees with the others that the United States could make it strong moral statement against apartheid by divesting, but adds "the Blacks are profoundly affected by even subtle changes in the South African economy. And it America were to divert, there could be increased nothing and starvation Right now, there's a recession and a drought, and blacks are already suffering." He adds that Harvard divestiture would have few negative or positive repercussions for South Africa, but that it could have drawbacks for the University because it is an issue...
...current Washington ballyhoo over who took Jimmy Carter's briefing book [July 11] is nothing more than an attempt by Democrats to divert attention from the relevant issues. The Carter-Reagan debate did not determine who won or lost the presidency. The Democrat; are looking for something to damage Reagan's image and hurt his chances for reelection...