Word: helps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...laws, and it really was a violation of international law. I have my opinion about whether this was immoral or not -- this is a separate topic. Why did it happen? It was certainly the wrong decision. The Soviet Union was never planning to solve the Afghanistan problem with the help of its armed forces. It was fantasy to think that a military solution could be achieved by deploying a contingent of 100,000 in a mountainous country with a territory of 652,200 sq. km ((251,800 sq. mi.)). It was obvious at first glance to military and political leaders...
Indian leftists counter that Gandhi is leaving India's vast numbers of poor people in the lurch. They argue that government resources are being diverted to help the well-off minority, who in turn are frittering away vital funds on luxury goods. Rajni Kothari, a widely respected social scientist, is worried that the middle class is dangerously insensitive to the desperately poor. Says he: "There is a disturbing decline in compassion, in charity, in pity...
Stalin did not choose to constrain himself, despite the vow of the three Yalta leaders to help secure "the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live." Now that the Soviets are loosening the fist they clenched after Yalta, it will be up to two men in the Mediterranean to redeem the promises the Soviets made about Eastern Europe 44 long years...
...were trying to provide an education for young people who might otherwise be denied one. The school does not seek to reinforce homosexuality, although it stresses the solidarity of minorities and the contributions of gay role models. Says A. Damien Martin, co-founder of the institute: "At first most help came from straight professionals, because the gay and lesbian community was afraid that if they reached out to the young they would be considered child molesters. The greatest fear of a gay person is that they will be considered a perverter of youth...
...Apple, even the products help monitor quality. On the Macintosh assembly line, the computers run diagnostic checks on themselves...