Word: ende
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Early season attempts were disastrous. "It got to the point where I had to decide whether I wanted to work on it early in practice while I was fresh and might have a chance to get all the way around, or to save it 'til the end when all that crashing wouldn't ruin the rest of the workout," Pam said...
Since 1973 when the Paris peace accords marked the beginning of the end of U.S. presence in Vietnam, U.S. Asian policy has turned to China. The 1973 Shanghai communique set the establishment of normal relations with the People's Republic as the primary task for the two nations. And in the entire debate concerning recognition of China, of Vietnam, and in fact of any nation that undergoes a major political change, a basic confusion of means and ends fundamentally weakens any U.S. moves to achieve its legitimate foreign policy goals. Throughout the debate surrounding diplomatic recognition of Vietnam and China...
...Washington Post claimed the "Taiwan question is: How shall Taiwan's liberty be extinguished?" For both supporters and opponents of the new ties with China, the relationship represents a fundamental shift in United States goals in Asia. The conservatives believe the recognition of the People's Republic signals the end of U.S. attempts to contain Communism, while supporters of the move have been able to see no further than the act of recognition itself. The recent outbreak of war in Southeast Asia demonstrates the narrowness of that perspective...
This is not to say that moral considerations should not enter into the making of foreign policy. But moral considerations, such as Carter's vaunted human rights policy, must be defined solely as an end, not a means, of U.S. foreign policy. Expressions of concern for human rights violations should not be used as a lever designed to knock a government off balance or to make short-term political capital. Too often the United States has callously and inconsistently used its human rights policy as a geopolitical bargaining chip without regard for genuine human suffering in many nations...
...some insight into Waller's character, or at least some biography. A brief description of Harlem during this period would have provided a welcome respite from the somewhat relentless pace established by the non-stop songs. Nevertheless, Ain't Misbehavin' has plenty of moments you'll wish would never end...