Word: establish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Senator from Washington. Moreover, the new President's men were eager to do more than just finish Henry Kissinger's work for him. On a loftier plane, the Carter inner circle had an idealistic commitment to "real arms control"?measures to halt the arms race rather than merely establish rules for competition?and they felt that in the postInaugural honeymoon they had a unique opportunity to move boldly in that direction...
Botswana also remains an active member of the "frontline" African states that have been pressing for a black nationalist government in Rhodesia, and it allows the presence of several Rhodesian refugee camps on its territory. But it has refused to permit guerrilla movements to establish military bases there, lest this provoke Rhodesian government attack, and it does the best it can to send intruding guerrillas back across the Zambian and Rhodesian borders...
...letter signed by five students on the committee and Jonathan Moore, director of the Institute of Politics, explaining the terms of the agreement and asking Allison to establish an advisory committee on gifts was delivered to Allison's office late yesterday afternoon. Allison said last night he could not comment on the letter until he reads...
...feel more responsible at stroke," Kirk explains. "I felt I could be more aggressive at another seat." But as stroke, Kirk has to set the cadence and establish the stroke length--she has to lead the pack...
...everybody's trying to dump off the idea on everybody else. You almost wish that Cowan's side had lost the case. Maybe his weak-kneed call for "more modest regulatory reforms" would have more punch to it. Cowan tells us that "while it would be technically simple to establish a system that relied less heavily on advertising, the opposition from advertisers and the broadcasting industry would almost certainly make such a proposal politically unacceptable." His solution is simple: if the fight looks hopeless, don't think about it. But pages later he turns around and berates the American...