Word: maneuverer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The Afrikaner suffers from an acute persecution complex. He believes his existence is threatened and that there is a worldwide conspiracy, piloted by the forces of international Communism, which has as its main objective to drive him into the sea. Therefore, his sensitivity must always be borne in mind, and...
Even a comprehensive SALT agreement, moreover, would not check the Soviet Union's buildup of conventional arms. At sea, for example, the Red Fleet leads the U.S. Navy in major surface combat ships (230, v. 175) and attack submarines (234, v. 78); the onetime unchallenged U.S. superiority exists only...
On the very day of Begin's return, two Israeli newspapers published interviews with Weizman calling for a "national peace government" to replace the present coalition headed by Begin. Though Weizman went to some effort to deny it, the maneuver appeared to be the opening round in a serious...
The Israeli drive into Lebanon was not merely a powerful gesture of revenge. It was a calculated maneuver to strengthen Israeli security in the north, and the P.L.O. raid only gave Israel the excuse it needed to move decisively. As one Western diplomat analyzed it, the Tel Aviv incident was...
The current incarnation of this well-intentioned but warped effort was sponsored by Senators Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and McLellan, who died last year. Many observers contend that Kennedy co-sponsored the bill, an obvious attempt at compromise, despite its repressive sections in a self-interested maneuver for the chairmanship...