Word: need
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...highly questionable that evoking the Haydens' approach to the conflict is a way to make political capital. Indeed, there is the very real possibility that stirring memories of the war may strengthen the revisionist beliefs of those Americans who feel that the conflict need not have been lost after...
...bank was killed last week, apparently for failing to act fast enough, Manhattan's Banco de Ponce posted a sign near the tellers' booths: "Attention would-be bank robbers. This is a Spanish-speaking bank. If you intend to rob us, please be patient for we might need an interpreter. Thank you, the Management...
...world's largest democracy, with almost 360 million voters, the majority of them illiterate, India needs time to organize its election. The chief election commissioner has already started work, but the logistics involved mean a delay of three to four months. Meanwhile, the caretaker government can only administer existing laws. Without a Parliament, it cannot initiate policy. Yet India is in desperate need of firm government to tackle urgent economic problems, including inflation currently running at 15%. To add to India's troubles, Pakistan has not abandoned its efforts to acquire an enriched-uranium plant, a crucial step...
...delivery of at least part of the $5 billion in American arms and equipment that the Shah had ordered. Iran is still anxious to sell back to the U.S. the 78 advanced F-14 fighters that the Shah bought in the mid-1970s, but it is now in need of spare parts for its American equipment, as well as ammunition, new helicopters and artillery. At the time of their victory last February, the ayatullahs rejected all American influence. Now, they evidently feel the need of some U.S. military help to survive...
...junta has clung to its program of middle-of-the-road socialism not only to reassure jittery businessmen, but also to assuage potential sources of foreign aid, who are concerned about the new regime's leftist cast. Nicaragua's leaders know that they need help to recover from the Somoza dynasty's 46 years of brutality and neglect. More than 45% of Nicaragua's people are illiterate. At least 500,000 persons driven from their homes by Somoza's fierce counterattack must be resettled. Food is in such short supply that long lines form wherever...