Word: indirectness
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With only 34 seconds left, Catliff added a fourth Crimson tally on an indirect kick, and the booters came away with a big win in a hard fought contest...
...State or group of States has the right to intervene, directly or indirectly, for any reason whatever, in the internal or external affairs of any other State." That sweeping injunction, embodied in a 1970 United Nations General Assembly resolution, seemed to be what most members had on their minds last week as they voted, 108 to 9, to "deeply deplore" the Reagan Administration's invasion of Grenada. In the U.N. majority's eyes, the U.S. action seemed to provide a prima-facie case of the kind of direct intervention that has long been for bidden by international...
...easy to point to armies invading your territory and say that that is aggression. But there are many forms of indirect aggression, such as subversion or changing a government through a coup d'etat with the threat of an external power." In the Reagan Administration's view, Grenada is a case in point: the U.S. may have intervened directly two weeks ago, but the Soviets and the Cubans have been engaging in indirect aggression in the Western Hemi sphere for years. Nor is the problem confined to superpowers. The Sandinista government of Nicaragua provides tactical aid and support...
Many legal experts feel that the problem of indirect aggression is already handled adequately in the canons of international law. Among other things, they point to the 1970 U.N. resolution, whose text further states that not only armed intervention but also "all other forms of interference, or attempted threats against the personality of the State, or its political, economic and cultural elements, are in violation of international law." Sums up Derek Bowett, Whewell professor of international law at Cambridge University: "All law can do is provide basic rules, the application of which requires a good deal of judgment. No legal...
...have to deliver a self-criticism before their comrades. Only if this is adequate and their dossiers show no signs of unresolved crimes will membership be confirmed. The presumed purpose is to remove Maoists who still oppose Deng's policies. Thus the campaign is being linked in an indirect way to two other Chinese trends: a move to burnish Deng's prestige and a drive against crime. Each, in its own way, is aimed at increasing Deng's popularity and power-and ensuring the survival of his policies beyond the grave...