Word: path
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...under the table. People who drink for a specific reason, such as a death or illness in the family, are more likely to be able to control the practice than those who use liquor for unknown reasons. Vaillant claims that a serious drinker does not proceed automatically down the path to alcoholism and, indeed, may be able to lead a remarkably stable and happy life. The study shows that moderate drinkers (who do not exceed an average of four drinks per day) often turn out to be better adjusted socially than total abstainers...
...massacre was a direct affront to the liberal government of Peru's President, Fernando Belaúnde Terry. Ever since Belaúnde's election in 1980, the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path), a shadowy group of self-styled Maoist guerrillas, has tyrannized the area around the picturesque Andean town of Ayacucho, some 350 miles southeast of Lima. Under the pretext of defying capitalism and central authority, the insurgents have attacked isolated police stations and assassinated villagers suspected of informing against them. In January, Belaúnde sent a 3,500-man task force to Ayacucho to deter...
...such grandiose phraseology serves only to patch together a disorganized hodgepodge of mostly superficial ideas. The book is divided into two sections, Part I. "The Path to Prosperity," outlines Hart's proposals for the economy. Part II, "National Security Today and Tomorrow," details his views on energy and weaponry. Much of what he argues in both sections comes off as a complicated acknowledgement that he has no new solutions. When discussing the current problems with monetary policy, he essentially says that the Federal Reserve should get back on target. On trade policy, he states that he is against protectionism...
Finally, the president himself took Watt along the now well-trod path behind the White House woodshed, and when the secretary emerged, he carried a plaster trophy of a foot with a bullet hole in it and announced. "I've learned a lot about the Beach Boys in the last 12 hours. We'll look forward to having them here in Washington to entertain us again...
...Angeles the next day, Reagan pledged that "my goal-and I consider it a sacred trust-will be to make progress toward arms reductions in every one of the several negotiations now under way ... To the leaders and people of the Soviet Union, I say: Join us on the path to a more peaceful, secure world...