Word: mideast
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...country, knew from the start that its hands were tied. Said American University President Joseph Sisco, former Under Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs: "This is the first time in recent years that the U.S. has not been able to play even a diplomatic role in a significant Mideast conflict...
...Balance of Military Power. It is shifting so rapidly against the U.S., said Kissinger, that in a future confrontation "like that in Cuba in 1962 or the Mideast alert in 1973, it will be the Soviet Union which will possess the quantitative superiority in strategic weapons." The danger, he said, "is less an imminent nuclear attack on us than an increased Soviet willingness to run risks in local conflicts." In such cases, said Kissinger, Soviet superiority in conventional arms could no longer be offset by a credible threat of U.S. nuclear retaliation. "The present Administration has compounded the problem...
...Purdue [Mideast Representative...
Seventh-ranked Indiana held off Virginia Tech, 68-59, in the second round to the Mideast regionals yesterday in Bowling Green...
Other second round NCAA action: Texas A&M needed two overtimes to defeat North Carolina, 68-61, in the Midwest; Kentucky topped Florida State, 97-78, in the Mideast; and LSU had little trouble with Alcorn State, winning 98-88 in another Midwest regional contest...