Word: meannesses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Such a shortfall could mean that MCAD would get less money to deal with more cases, in which case, Devine says, the federal body might take over some case processing...
...decision known as a cause determination. The commissioner considers if the case lies within MCAD's bounds and if preliminary evidence warrants a charge of discrimination, and decides whether there is "probable cause." But, says MCAD Deputy Director for Administration Terrence P. Morris, "A cause finding doesn't mean that a violation has occurred...
That plea was widely interpreted to mean that the government doubted the loyalty of its own troops, and its concern seemed largely justified. Of the nine regional commands in Burma, all headed by brigadier generals, about half are said to remain loyal to Ne Win. But regional command troops are locally recruited and almost certainly would not fire on their own people if ordered; nor would their junior officers. Last week a captain of one of three elite infantry divisions in Rangoon went over to the opposition, creating a new wash of speculation about the fealty of even the most...
...essence of such an agreement would be for the U.S. to de-emphasize containment as a theme in its policy insofar as the Soviets are willing to demilitarize their own international behavior. What that would mean in practice would vary from one part of the world to another. In Europe -- the original front line of the cold war and still the most important potential "regional conflict" -- there should be negotiation that could eventually lead to drastic cutbacks in NATO and the Warsaw Pact in exchange for genuine self-determination for Eastern Europe...
...healthy dose of new thinking in American foreign policy does not require mortgaging the nation's interests to the vicissitudes of Kremlin politics. Nor does it require rescinding Reagan's or Truman's or, for that matter, Monroe's precepts. A new presidential doctrine does not mean repudiating the old ones so much as updating them to take account -- and take advantage -- of new realities. Whatever else he is, whatever he accomplishes and however long he lasts, Gorbachev already qualifies as the personification of a new reality, and a new challenge to the next U.S. President...