Word: homely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pattern continued for months. Something extraordinary would happen in the East -- down would come the barbed wire along the old Iron Curtain, off would go the light in the red star over the parliament building, home would go trainloads of Soviet troops, in would come a non-Communist prime minister -- and the response from Washington was the sound of one hand clapping. There were schoolmarmish homilies about the need to "test" Gorbachev's slogan of new political thinking and complaints about what he had not done for the West lately...
...Militia, units composed mostly of factory workers that function in effect as the Communist Party's private army. Beginning Nov. 19, militia units were deployed at factory gates and inside industrial compounds around the country. Care was taken to ensure that each unit was deployed outside its own home region. However, the show of militia force served only to spark further protests...
...well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own." At the same time, our present forward position is the end product of an equally long thrust of American expansion, which was propelled by the fact that our stay- at-home sentiments were seldom consistent: isolationist politicians, however much they disliked Europe, typically favored brandishing big sticks in the Caribbean and the Pacific. Look for an intramural fight over these questions the next time our ally Israel finds itself embroiled in a Middle Eastern war. It won't be pretty...
...most important foreign policy issue, after bringing the boys home, will be keeping the Japanese out. Anxiety over foreign imports has recently been a theme of Democrats like Richard Gephardt. But before he came along, the same worries were being expounded by John Connally. There is no such thing as a presidential primary in South Carolina without a protectionist pitch to the local textile industry. When the Fourth Reich joins the Yellow Peril as an economic bogeyman, squabbling on the right between free traders and protectionists is bound to increase...
...about 2 ft., it features scenes ranging from a car ride to a duck chase in the park. Its climactic moment is a stroll past a fire hydrant. You guessed it. Doggie Adventure (price: $14.95) is a videocassette designed to relieve canine boredom when a dog is left home alone. Says Harley Toberman, the film's creator: "I always knew that dogs watched TV, but usually there's nothing worthwhile for them to watch." Sometimes man and beast face a similar dilemma...