Word: globocop
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Dates: during 1992-1992
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...leak caused an uproar on Capitol Hill, where legislators are looking to cut costs and share burdens. Senator Joseph Biden, a Democrat, scoffed at the idea of "America as 'Globocop.' " At a recent international conference in Lisbon, I found Europeans and Japanese still fretting about the Times's scoop, which they took as proof that the U.S. is bent on giving new meaning to old cliches like Pax Americana and Uncle Sam as the world's policeman...
Powell is still a long way from trading in his green Army cap for a blue beret, but he is no Globocop either. It is encouraging that the American soldier who is most willing to work the U.N. into the Pentagon's plans is also the highest ranking...
AMERICA ABROAD: Uncle Sam as Globocop...