Word: exerts
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...world, that the U.S. should circle the wagons. There is also economic isolationism, otherwise known as protectionism. And there is the isolationism of despair: the conviction that in winning the cold war, we spent so much of our treasure that we no longer have the means to exert much influence abroad -- that the U.S. is increasingly "irrelevant...
...recent years foreign assistance has equaled less than 5% of our defense outlays. It is unbelievable -- and unacceptable -- that the richest and most productive country in the world, which we still are, cannot find the relatively modest means to exert international leadership while simultaneously improving its own society...
...editor in chief of Time Inc., but if there is to be a Second American Century, the nation must renew and rebuild itself. Writes Grunwald: "It is unbelievable -- and unacceptable -- that the richest and most productive country in the world, which we still are, cannot find the means to exert international leadership while simultaneously improving its own society...
With control over the Middle East (through intimidation if not outright conquest), Saddam Hussein would exert a powerful influence over the West, possibly holding our economies hostage as he does our citizens...
Bush and his inner circle of advisers have considered several scenarios for the way the crisis may play out and are refining their responses to each contingency. The most crucial factor is time. If, for example, the embargo takes many months to exert serious pressure on Saddam, says a White House official, "Iraq could simply hunker down and wait us out." A protracted stalemate could cause U.S. allies to tire of the mission or permit friction between American troops and the Saudi population to fester. In the U.S., public impatience with the cost of the buildup could lead to demands...