Word: hawked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Miskito guerrillas together with the entire fractious spectrum of 15,000 active anti-Sandinista rebels known as the contras. As a result, the Miskitos have been tarred with conventional political labels, even though the Indians have jealously guarded their own goals within the loose contra alliance. Says Tom Hawk, Central American director of World Relief, the humanitarian arm of the National Association of Evangelicals: "The Miskitos are being used by everybody. They are caught in the middle...
...ever see a hawk poising-hanging still in the air watching for something to drop on? That's my business at present...
Reagan unabashedly used Scoop, but did so in a way that honored his memory, his family and his country. The President threw out his big arms and gathered everybody in-Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative, Jew, Baptist, old, young, hawk, dove, hardhat, tycoon. And none of them could argue, only lean back and enjoy the political theater that Reagan had adroitly and effortlessly stage-managed...
...which were recently supplied to the Saudis) to defend itself against potential Iranian air attacks on its refineries, power stations and desalination plants. Though the Reagan Administration denied the request because of anticipated congressional opposition, the U.S. is offering instead to increase Kuwait's supply of American-made Hawk missiles and augment its skimpy radar facilities. For the past two weeks, a 20-man team from the Pentagon has been in Kuwait discussing the country's security needs. "We assume Kuwait is No. 1 on the escalation scenario," says a senior U.S. diplomat. In other words, Kuwait would...
...Administration, there was uncertainty and passionate disagreement over what, if any, agreement it should seek for the future. The idea of a new acronym that substituted an R for reduction in place of the L for limitation in SALT came from Richard Pipes, a Harvard history professor and leading hawk who had joined the NSC staff. Pipes and Allen wanted to call the new talks SART. That did not catch on. White House Chief of Staff James Baker passed a note to Allen during a meeting: "How about 'Faster Arms Reduction Talks...