Word: paring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Does the Pentagon still need all its bombers, missiles, aircraft carriers and soldiers? Experts think the U.S. could pare down to a smaller, faster military without sacrificing security. Three scenarios for deeper cuts. -- The peace dividend is not as big as it looks. -- A State of the Union speech with Democratic rhetoric and a Republican budget. -- The Star-Spangled Banner is hard to sing; its words are hard to remember. Should the anthem be replaced...
...Klerk is slightly ahead of the white population at large in pushing for reform. Fully 31% of whites voted for the breakaway Conservative Party, the bastion of the verkramptes, or ultraconservatives. They object to any form of power sharing and resist not just negotiations but all attempts to pare the laws of segregation. At worst, they talk of secession and partition, retreating to a smaller but still pure Afrikaner land where whites would dominate. While the conservatives probably cannot block De Klerk from pursuing reform, their reactionary attitudes act as a heavy drag on attempts at compromise. The challenge...