Word: neutralizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...houses in such places as Syria, Egypt and Kuwait. Even though there are no postal links between Israel and Arab nations, Doctor has received some 15,000 letters in the past five years; they are either brought into the Israeli-occupied West Bank by Arab visitors or mailed through neutral third countries. In a typical note, a Jordanian named Kasim Abu Abas complained of dizziness and a pain near his eyes. "I'm afraid it's cancer," he wrote. The Israeli specialist disagreed, explaining the trouble was probably a benign growth pressing on nerves; it could be treated...
...Neutral. Moreover, there was the increasingly alarming role played by Amin, who has been a vociferous champion of Arab causes since 1972, when he abruptly severed relations with Israel. (In return, Uganda has received generous financial aid from such Arab states as Libya, Kuwait and Algeria.) From the time the skyjackers landed at Entebbe, Amin had scarcely acted like a neutral participant in the drama. He described the skyjackers' demands as "very reasonable," and advised the Israeli hostages to "tell your government to solve the Palestinian problem...
That kind of patriotism permeates the colonial press nowadays. Almost without exception, newspapers are either militantly pro-Patriot or studiously neutral on the issue of independence. One of the last openly Tory publications was the venerable Boston News-Letter, which died last February shortly before the British evacuated that city...
...governing, between firing up the campaign crowds and dealing with Congress or the Kremlin. Though Reagan was a reasonable and effective Governor of California, not even his most passionate supporters argue that he has great intellect, depth or appetite for hard work. Commerce Secretary Elliot Richardson, who is hardly neutral, charges that Reagan suffers from "a tendency to shoot from the hip and talk in terms of the sound and the impact of an idea rather than the substance...
...Albuquerque real estate salesman, gave up his job for four months to work as a full-time volunteer (15 hours a day). He worked telephone banks turning people out for ward conventions, the first step in the delegate selection process. Says state chairman Jack Stahl, who is staying neutral: "I see a clean sweep of all 21 delegates for Reagan...