Word: grave
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Washington there was never any real doubt. The question, rather, was whether the Administration was ready to take the risks of ordering a hard, unilateral strike. Those risks are both obvious and grave. Some U.S. pilots and other service members might be killed carrying out bombing runs of the scale being contemplated. Even severe military damage might not cow Gaddafi into calling off or slowing down terrorist attacks. On the contrary, he might intensify them, as he seems to have done after the Gulf of Sidra battle. Might Gaddafi carry out terrorist attacks inside the U.S., as he has often...
...years Bhutto remained in the country following her father's execution, Zia responded to her challenges by simply throwing her in jail or placing her under house arrest. This time the President is clearly trying to avoid resorting to such authoritarian measures. "I will rule this country from my grave," predicted the charismatic Zulfikar Ali Bhutto before going to the gallows. Last week, at least, his daughter seemed determined to prove him right...
...father is rolling over in his grave...
...result the Instruction has a moderate tone. The general drift of the new Instruction became known at an extraordinary meeting at the Vatican last month between the Pope and leading Brazilian bishops. John Paul told the Brazilians that, "purified of elements that could adulterate it, with grave consequences for the faith, this theology of liberation is not only orthodox but necessary...
...event and no single adviser has brought about this feeling. But the collapse of world oil prices has benefited the U.S. economy to the extent of making Reagan and his aides think they can continue the American military buildup unchecked for at least another year (Congress, of course, has grave doubts). Simultaneously, it has damaged the Soviet economy, since oil exports are Moscow's chief source of hard currency...