Word: gulf
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mounting tensions in the oil-rich Persian Gulf and the nation's increasing dependency on foreign oil have pushed energy issues into the fore-front of the 1988 presidential race...
Dukakis has proposed a major shift from current priorities, calling for development of domestic energy resources, a change in trading partners from the warring nations of the Persian Gulf to countries closer to home, such as Canada, Mexico and Venezuela. He also called for the U.S. to impose sanctions on Iran and Iraq...
...land is home to the blue domed, Georgian-style gas station that has a perenially lit neon "Gulf" sign flashing across Massachussetts Ave. into the windows of Lamont Library and the Freshman Union...
...NATION: Gulf tensions rise as the U. S. and Iran clash again in a shootout...
Even so, examples of success can be found. Fighting in the Arab-Israeli war of 1973 was brought to an abrupt halt when Washington and Moscow co-sponsored a U.N. resolution to force the belligerents to accept a cease-fire. For years Arab gulf leaders have cited that demonstration of what can be accomplished when the superpowers work together. It supports their devout belief, they say privately, that the Iran-Iraq war could be stopped if Moscow and Washington decide to stop...