Word: foment
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...refer Iran to the UN Security Council for action over its failure, over a decade, to disclose various aspects of a program Tehran insists is for civilian energy purposes, but which Western governments suspect is a covert bomb program. But many members of the IAEA board are reluctant to foment a confrontation over the issue...
...future debt moratorium. One of the basic principles of our foreign policy is the peaceful solution of controversies. We have not considered it useful to foment conflict or confrontation. Mexico believes more in negotiation than in confrontation...
Perhaps the most important difference between the two countries is that South Korea borders on Communist North Korea. The Communist danger makes it very unlikely that the Reagan Administration would abandon the Chun government. "We are not going to try to foment revolt in South Korea," says one State Department official...
...have the strength of mind to defuse anything. So far, all George W. Bush has achieved is to create more terrorists by bombing Iraq and torturing detainees in military prisons. Bush may already have contingency plans for bombing Iran, an act that would further inflame the Middle East and foment violent anti-American feeling around the world. My hope is that a very strong, united Europe will provide a bulwark against American hegemony. If the U.S. doesn't stop throwing its weight around, the world will sooner or later lose patience and go elsewhere for the goods, services and diplomatic...
...that includes the media--need to rally behind our President and give him our full support. We must remain a nation united to defeat our enemies. They would like nothing better than to see the U.S. implode following a divisive election. We don't need the mainstream media to foment chaos and divisiveness. Enough already! We need the media to help unite us. United we stand; divided we fall. HARRIET E. RICE Webster...