Word: impacting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...United States must recognize the strength and legitimacy of nationalist movements in these nations if it wants to have any impact," Oberg says. For him, the bottom fine is pluralism and democracy. "I'm not in favor of communism because I don't think it's democratic. But once a country has gone communist, we have to accept it and live with it. If you believe in pluralism at home, you have to accept it in the international arena as well. And it you believe in democracy, which we must, you have to rely on the strength of democratic forces...
...BIGGEST PROBLEM for an American audience is losing part of the impact of this almost entirely visual film in order to read dialogue like "Contact bearing 22.37 degree--sinking fast!" "Full speed ahead at 30' 2" !" and "Aye, aye, captain!" Watching the movie is like reading a super-action-heroes comic book. Moreover, sailor's slang, no matter how well translated, is meant to be heard and not read: "Screw till it falls off, you swine!" For once it seems a film might be better dubbed than subtitled, expect that the sound of the German language is an essential part...
...Reagan Administration has down-played the dark side of its defense buildup. In the economic report of the President, Murray Weidenbaum, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, in effect admitted the new dangers but argued that careful planning, tight management and accurate cost estimates could reduce their impact. Yet it is precisely those three qualities that have traditionally been most lacking in defense spending...
...possible to explain to the absolute ruler of the Middle Kingdom the finer points of a constitutional system that placed even the highest officials under the rule of law. At the same time, Mao had a point. Watergate interested him primarily for its impact on our fitness to resist Soviet expansionism. The geopolitical consequences threatened to dwarf the original offense...
...approach, most notably the decisions finding new personal rights, like that to privacy. But since most of the key decisions likely to face the Court soon deal with alleged personal rights (like the abortion decision nine years ago), the liberals rebut an Ely esque Court could have a conservative impact, indeed...