Word: equilibrium
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...time Lebanon became independent in 1943, after 23 years of French rule under a League of Nations mandate, political power was largely divided between Maronite Christians and Sunni Muslims. This demographic equilibrium was jeopardized by the influx of Palestinian refugees following the Arab-Israeli wars of 1948 and 1967 and Jordan's 1971 crackdown on the P.L.O. The resulting destabilization led to Lebanon's 1975-76 civil war, to the presence of Syrian forces, and to the P.L.O.'s "state within a state...
...postwar period that creed gathered such a following and such power that it became the dominant, almost consensual, political tendency in the U.S. Viet Nam destroyed that consensus. It did something more. It destroyed the sense of equilibrium that underlay that consensus, and introduced a period of volatili ty that is with us to this day. Not only is the center fractured, but the political system now oscillates between the remaining extremes. Revulsion with Viet Nam pulled the Democratic Party to the left: to Mc-Govern in 1972, and to an abiding distrust of American power and intentions ever since...
Jackson not only stood his ground, he never lost his equilibrium. He bestrode the center, while others sought refuge from the responsibilities of the Western alliance and the welfare state. He believed, with the Preamble to the Constitution, that the purpose of the Union was to provide for both the common defense and the general welfare. Today the two parties have neatly divvied up those responsibilities between them, Republicans committed to defense ("strength"), Democrats to welfare ("fairness...
...development from last week's jockeying is hopeful. In what was called the Declaration of Brussels, the NATO alliance last week called for "a long term constructive and realistic relationship based on equilibrium, moderation and reciprocity...
...appealed to a special conference of the opposition Social Democratic Party to support the deployments. West Germany, Schmidt told some 400 delegates, "must keep to its word in spite of all the disappointments about speeches and about behavior in Washington." He added: "My second reason is that the political equilibrium would be enduringly disturbed if the Soviet Union forged ahead with its unprovoked, one-sided buildup." The speech received only perfunctory applause. Said a delegate: "We see his voice as a voice of the party's past." At the urging of former Chancellor Willy Brandt and SPD Floor Leader...