Word: fold
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...represents a serious decline in how our society values human life." While the Cruzans' legal odyssey is ending, their struggle has persuaded many Americans to seek to avoid the same fate. Since the Supreme Court decision, right-to-die advocates report that inquiries about living wills have surged 500-fold...
...Troops home now." Calling back all troops present in the Gulf would be disastrous. The international force united against Saddam's aggression would certainly fold without American leadership. Saddam Hussein would no doubt stay in Kuwait and begin to prepare for at least a partial takeover of Saudi Arabia's oil fields. This would give the dictator control of almost half the world's oil reserves...
...nothing to do with the gulf crisis. That's the code phrase true believers have given nascent plans to mount a right-wing challenge to George Bush in 1992. The main purpose of such a kamikaze mission would be to force Bush to return to the fold on taxes. Activists, including American Conservative Union chief David Keene and former Reagan Administration official Don Devine, have convened several times in secret to plot strategy. Two groups met last weekend, one in Dallas and another in suburban Maryland, and talk of rebellion is becoming more public. An upcoming article in the Heritage...
...that was not Washington's only message last week. Baker was hustling from capital to capital, making sure that all was well on the diplomatic track. His mission was several-fold: to keep the alliance firm behind the assertive U.S. lead, to reassure the allies that the U.S. intended to give diplomacy every chance, and to sign them up for a United Nations resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq if all else fails. Baker returned from his eight-day, seven-country swing through the Middle East, the Soviet Union and Europe with more -- if at times somewhat cautious...
Although some critics contend that Silber couldnever bring liberals back into the fold, Rooseveltdiscounted any further internal strife that mightresult from his appointment as chair...