Word: east-west
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...Ethiopia and several Eastern European countries, during which they obtained commitments from Communist leaders for weapons and uniforms. According to U.S. intelligence officials, deliveries are handled by Cuba, often through Nicaragua. The Administration intends to make Soviet-bloc support of the guerrillas in El Salvador a major issue in East-West relations. A delegation of top State Department and CIA officials, led by Lawrence Eagleburger, Haig's choice as Assistant Secretary of State for Europe, will go to European capitals this week to demonstrate for NATO allies the need for greater U.S. military aid to the government...
...airport at Atlanta, then send them out on longer-haul "spoke" flights to New York or Denver. Says Delta President David C. Garrett Jr.: "We are cautious, and our system is well balanced. During the winter, we make money on our North-South routes; during the summer, the East-West routes...
...years Canada's Western provinces could do little more than complain about the Eastern Establishment, including the federal government in Ottawa. The West was helplessly beholden to Eastern tariffs, Eastern financial institutions and a Parliament dominated by Ontario and Quebec. Then, the West struck oil. All of a sudden, it found itself awash in energy, profits and power. This inevitably led to an East-West struggle. Last week it erupted into an outright tax revolt as the West balked at new federal excise levies on all natural gas sales...
Richard E. Pipes, Baird Professor of History, and several other members of President-elect Reagan's State Department transition team have recommended the creation of an undersecretary of state for East-West and U.S.-Soviet relations, members of the transition team said yesterday...
...said the U.S. was "watching with growing concern the unprecedented buildup of Soviet forces along the Polish border," and urged that the Poles be allowed "to work out their internal difficulties without outside interference." Warned the President: "Foreign military intervention in Poland would have the most negative consequences for East-West relations." Meeting in Luxembourg, leaders of the European Community predicted "very serious consequences" if Poland were invaded. With a touch of Gaelic hyperbole, Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey told journalists: " 'Very serious consequences' might be a euphemism for World...