Word: dovishly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hard to imagine four more explosive words in the semantic minefields of the Middle East. Most Israelis consider East Jerusalem liberated, not occupied. Even the most dovish government would insist on an undivided Jerusalem as the permanent capital of Israel...
...economic competition more than military power. On that front, as Bush pointed out, the nation has a great deal to accomplish -- restoring fiscal health, improving education standards, modernizing industry. Rethinking America's military needs is an important place to start. Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, now at the dovish end of the military spectrum, says the Pentagon's budget could be cut 50% by the end of the decade. "We could powerfully enhance our status as a world power, strengthen our military security, and redirect resources to more deserving sectors of our economy," he told TIME...
...wily foe of the West, miraculously shares Safire's gift for language, describing his political philosophy as "improvisationism" and his goal as creating in Europe "a Balance of Impotence until Russia can rebuild." That is the joy of Safire's sonnets -- they are too much fun for even dovish dissenters to resist...
Viet Nam Veterans Memorial. From the time the design was chosen in 1981 until its completion in 1982, Maya Ying Lin's somber black granite dead end in Washington was controversial. Conservatives objected that it was both meaninglessly abstract and too dovish. But as soon as it was dedicated, with its roster of 58,000 Americans killed, all but the most relentless cranks were moved and subdued. No other American memorial has been the vessel for so much authentic emotion...