Word: exploited
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said that "if Central America were not racked with poverty, hunger and injustice, there would be no revolution." The long-term solution to the problems of those nations is agrarian reform, redistribution of wealth, and economic assistance. If Central America were economically stable, the Soviets would have nothing to exploit...
...stinging volleys, Britain's brief election season opened on a decidedly contentious note. The harsh rhetoric was hardly surprising. Thatcher's decision to cut short her five-year term and call elections for June 9 was calculated to take advantage of disarray within the Labor Party and exploit the image of Foot as an ineffectual leader. With the inflation rate hovering at 4%, down from a high of 22% in 1980, Thatcher gambled that British voters would not want to risk jeopardizing an economic recovery, or Britain's commitment to a strong nuclear defense, by electing...
...report urges alliance members to exploit the latest technology in carrying out this strategy. The type of innovations the contributors have in mind: clusters of bombs that are drawn to a target by the heat that it emits, and new airborne surveillance systems that can instantaneously transmit information and even television pictures of troop movements to commanders in the field...
...secret of successfully translating opera from stage to screen lies in respecting the musical source but exploit ing the film medium's restless, inquiring mobility. As both a film maker (Romeo and Juliet, The Champ, Endless Love and an experienced opera director, Zeffirelli understands both genres. In Soprano Teresa Stratas (Violetta) and Tenor Placido Domingo (Alfredo), he has chosen two exceptionally convincing singing actors. But film also demands motion, sweep and scope, so at intense moments the camera breaks free of its traditional front-row-center moorings and begins to roam. As counterpoint to Alfredo's second...
...respond to the search for an accord." As the Pope passed the city's cathedral, he made a surprise visit to the tomb of Archbishop Romero and praised his example. "I would hope that his memory be always respected," he emphasized, "and that no ideological interest would try to exploit his sacrifice as pastor leading his flock...