Word: oppositon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mondale's tart reply, addressed directly to Reagan, was: "Your definition of national strength is to throw money at the Defense Department. My definition ... is to make certain that a dollar spent buys a dollar's worth of defense." While repeating his oppositon to the MX missile ("a sitting duck") and the B-l bomber (flying it, he said, would be "a suicide mission"), Mondale rattled off a long list of weapons systems he did favor. Money saved on the MX and Bl, he contended, could be spent for other military purposes, like strengthening conventional forces in Europe. Said Mondale...
...Walesa's warning did not herald a return to the mass strikes and street demonstrations of the old era. Underlying the oppositon's mood is an awareness that enduring reforms can be won only through a long, gradual process. Looking back on Solidarity's tumultuous beginning, Jaworski recalls sadly that "we tried to influence the authorities in too short a period of time. It was a mistake. There was too much euphoria too early in the days of Solidarity." Now, he feels, former union supporters show a greater willingness to work from within the system. Ultimately, they...
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