Word: fomentation
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Gorbachev also shook the big stick. During a meeting with Pakistan's President Zia ul-Haq, in Moscow for the funeral, the General Secretary issued a thinly veiled warning that the U.S.S.R. might actively foment trouble inside Pakistan if its government continues to cooperate with the U.S. in supporting the insurgency in neighboring Afghanistan. Reporting on the meeting, the Soviet news agency TASS said that "aggressive actions" against Afghanistan "cannot but affect in the most negative way Soviet-Pakistani relations...
Recently on the planet GoBotron, the vile Cy-Kill eluded the dragnet of staunch and stalwart Leader1 by changing himself into a motorcycle. Where would he go next to foment trouble? "Planet Earth is ripe for the taking!" sneered the nefarious one to his henchmen. "The earthling young can surely be persuaded to nag their parents until our triumph is complete...
...furious battle during which Tate was twice given standing eight counts before rallying to win unanimously. Earlier, O'Sullivan had been tattooed during the semifinals by a tough Frenchman named Christophe Tiozzo, and won only when the jury, an innovation supposedly designed to eliminate controversy rather than foment it, reversed the judges' decision. DeWit, a rugged Dutchman from Grande Prairie, Alta., sleepwalked his way through a couple of fights, but displayed his box-office appeal in a quarterfinal bout when he put Dodovic Owiny of Uganda down and out with a thunderous left. Even though he lost...
Chebrikov: Oh yes I know sir, the liberal press will be able to use this, just as it was able to use Reagan's "evil empire" speech to foment unease among the moderates and people who want to talk with us. Did you notice, something may even be wrong with Reagan...
...dealing with Nicaragua specifically, the Reagan Administration or any successor must first make up its mind whether it really wants to deal at all, and if so, what kind of Nicaraguan regime it could live with. Unremitting opposition, by force if need be, to Nicaragua's attempts to foment rebellion outside its borders, combined with a standing offer to negotiate verifiable security guarantees for both Nicaragua and its neighbors and a determination actually to do it if the chance arises, is a fully justifiable policy that can work, though it might take a long time. Democratic reform inside Nicaragua leading...