Word: let
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...Administration's central theme is reasonably clear. In essence, George Bush proposes to stand pat and wait for Gorbachev to make the next move -- and probably the one after that and the one after that -- toward reducing tensions. As one senior American official puts it, the idea is to "let Gorbachev keep coming to us, making concessions, playing to our agenda...
...statement "incompetent." Bush and Baker promptly disassociated themselves from Cheney's remarks; both stressed that the U.S. wants to see perestroika succeed. In fact, the Gates-Cheney skepticism about Gorbachev's prospects have more support in the White House than either the President or the Secretary of State can let on publicly. And according to Western intelligence, Gorbachev's security detail has been beefed up recently, possibly out of a growing concern for his safety...
...enemy, and Afghans have little inclination to forgive foes. "How can you expect the people to forget the blood loss of families, the destruction of entire villages?" asks a guerrilla leader in Peshawar. "How can you expect them to give up that feeling and say, 'Fine, let's sit down and talk'? It is like asking the Jews to pardon the Nazis and enter a government with them...
...cannot. Let me point out that the U.S. refuses to rule out the possibility of the use of force in a situation that, in the U.S. view, threatens American "vital interests...
...University incident may give new thrust to conservative demands for a clampdown on antigovernment activities. At the least, the deaths have forced Koreans to re-examine how their budding democracy is faring. In a rare front-page editorial, the moderate daily newspaper Chosun Ilbo exhorted, "We can no longer let things go this way. The current disorder in society seems to be accelerating a doomsday for the nation...