Word: fears
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...delay caused SALT critics in Washington to fear that the Soviets might be trying to shade some nuances in their favor. Senate G.O.P. Leader Howard Baker Jr. warned darkly about the pressures of "deadline diplomacy." But an Administration official insisted that there was no cause for concern. Even so, the two leaders may yet have to settle some of the fine print during their face-to-face sessions this weekend...
...often lowering his voice for emphasis. Six hundred thousand people listened in rapt attention, surrounded by the grim watchtowers and barbed wire. "It is impossible merely to visit [Auschwitz]," said the Pope, who served in the anti-Nazi underground and hid Jewish refugees. "It is necessary to think with fear of how far hatred can go, how far man's destruction of man can go, how far cruelty...
...crucially perhaps by the Soviets. It is in the Kremlin, more than anywhere else, that the conditions under which the East bloc churches live could be quickly changed, for better or worse. Just as the real area of agreement between the Polish party and the Polish church was a fear of domestic disorder that might activate the Red Army divisions stationed in Poland, so John Paul's statements were notably diplomatic only in his deft omission of any mention of his prime targets. When the Pope spoke with patriotic fervor of the way in which the church had helped preserve...
...John Paul's approach to the regime in Poland shows, he is a man who speaks out with eloquence and has no fear of departing from a prepared script. Earlier, when the bishops of Holland revived their conservative vs. liberal squabbling, the Pope ordered them to appear at a special synod that he will direct himself, the first of its kind in modern history...
...Cuban involvement: The intention of the Cubans is to control the border with Namibia so that they can help SWAPO. Today they fear to come into this area. We control most of the south. I don't think the Cubans are very keen on the war any more. When they start being sent home in their coffins, they will be less keen...