Word: levered
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...final days the Carter Administration considered a $3 billion loan to Warsaw, but never took action on it. Spa-sowski's message to Reagan officials was that such a loan would be an effective political lever. There is disagreement, he admitted frankly, between hard-liners and moderates in both the Polish government and its Politburo about seeking financial assistance in the West. By granting aid, the U.S. presumably could strengthen the hand of the moderates in Warsaw...
...prosecutorial voice-overs about the other guy, the pitchman's tone as low and urgent and insinuating as a whisper of Cassius in the ear. No more that tussling, scuffling sound of the reluctant national psyche being dragged on a leash toward a booth with curtains and a lever...
...April primary with 26 per cent of the vote in a 19-man race, Philadelphia's Democratic establishment has deserted Myers since his conviction and subsequent expulsion. Mayor William J. Green, announcing his decision to endorse independent candidate Thomas Foglietta, said, "When the Democratic ticket is crooked, the straight lever is not the answer...
...million above and beyond the pact. Those in the Pentagon have an answer for bleeding-heart liberals--without a stable situation in the Philippines, the U.S. could not have guaranteed access to the military bases and could not play its "China card" with the Soviet Union--the last lever of power America seems to have with the Russians...
Ronald Reagan is dangerous, John B. Anderson is out of it, and Jimmy Carter hasn't really been all that bad--a group of professors from Harvard and MIT fused these three conclusions into a belated endorsement of the president this week, urging all uncommitted voters to pull the lever for Jimmy Carter...