Word: favor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...surprised at the one-sided nature of your discussion in "Freeze No De ployment Yes." This piece ignored all the substantive arguments in favor of a nuclear freeze. For example, it asserted that the freeze almost by definition" is not verifiable. But an array of experts, including former Director of the CIA William Colby former Defense Secretary Clark Clifford and former Chief Arms Control Negotiator Paul Warnke, have stated that a freeze is indeed adequately verifiable, and perhaps more verifiable than many other arms control proposals, including President Reagan's START plan...
...experience he's had down there." Despite the grumbling on Capitol Hill, Stone is likely to win easy confirmation. Said Massachusetts Democratic Senator Paul Tsongas, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee: "There's a basic respect for him. We start off with a disposition in his favor, and nothing that has come out overcomes that...
Perle countered the charge that the U.S. was exaggerating Soviet military superiority. Said he: "By whatever measure, the trend of the past dozen years is clear-it has flip-flopped in favor of the Soviet Union. The U.S. fell behind in all categories with the sole exception of the number of warheads, and if we meet again next year under these circumstances, it will be true in respect to the number of warheads as well." Perle then summed up his strategic credo. "I do believe deterrence works," he said. "Inhibiting the Soviet Union is the alliance's first priority...
August 18, 1975: "Suharto continues to worry about adverse reaction from the U.S.... top military commanders, however, still favor swift action...
Mance, in his pre-sentencing statement said Gilmore's crime was not planned. "There was not a preconceived calculated plan by Dr. Gilmore to get involved in this kind of activity," he said. "I think this is a serious issue in his favor...