Word: interventionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Now, he touts the virtues of foreign intervention and the necessity of aiding the illegal war in Nicaragua. Twenty years ago, he was content to allow his family to keep him out of Vietnam. As a senator, he has voted against funding polio immunization programs. He has voted against school...
Perhaps it is more than just images. In Las Cruces, N. Mex., where the road west finally abandons the Rio Grande, I talk with historian Louis Sadler. "Americans have never really had to deal with fixed borders," he says. "Europeans have had centuries of experience, but until recently in the...
What saved the situation, at that time, was not only the self-correction of a free market but also vigorous, direct intervention by Government and business. The U.S. Federal Reserve injected billions of dollars into the banking system and drove down interest rates. Many blue-chip companies announced massive share...
In addition to this swift and direct intervention, confidence was maintained by the existence of safety nets and regulatory bodies created during the 1930s, including federal deposit insurance, Social Security and unemployment compensation. There was not a murmur of concern about the banking system since the public assumed, correctly, that...
Contrary to the claims of many Jewish groups, I cannot accept that the measures called for in this referendum, if enacted, would jeopardize Israel's existence. In the long run, Israel's survival can only be ensured through a resolution of the Palestinian issue; any step in that direction will...