Word: fistfuls
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ukrainians are renowned for being fiercely nationalistic. During the past three centuries, the Russian empire, Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Poland, Romania and Czechoslovakia have ruled all or part of Ukraine with an iron fist. In 1933, a famine, killing an estimated seven million Ukrainian villagers, took place under Stalin's control...
...lesson" is said to guide U.S. policy in a different time and place, against a different form of aggression. In the war against terrorism, faith in deterrence is delusion. Judging from his history, Moammar Khadafy will not be intimidated. The greater likelihood is that waving the mailed Western fist over Libya will inflame anti-American passions and inspire an escalation of Arab terrorism. Where the populace perceives America as the evil aggressor, civilian casualties and piles of rubble only confirm the hostility...
When Poindexter went in to tell the President about the U.S.'s striking back, Reagan immediately responded with a question: "Any casualties?" No, said Poindexter. The President clenched his fist and shook it. "Good. Good." The tension had lifted. The White House summoned congressional leaders for a briefing, and Poindexter informed Tip O'Neill, Strom Thurmond, Robert Byrd and Bob Michel about U.S. actions. O'Neill emerged from the meeting and, choosing his words carefully, declared that "the Administration's handling of this matter is on the right course...
...join a chant: "We are Pro-choice," to the rhythm of "We are Penn State." Hundreds of people line the streets, clapping and cheering; a few look on, shaking their heads. An old woman stares right at you, as if in anger. Then she smiles, and raises her fists like Muhammud Ali. You smile back, and raise your fist, nearly dropping your end of the banner...
...Marcos was no typical elderly vacationer and his stay on the Hawaiian Islands will be no ordinary sojourn. As Baby Doc Duvalier had recently done in Haiti, Marcos had just bid a hasty adieu to a people and a nation he had ruled for many years with an iron fist and a greased palm...