Word: patriotism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...woman's right to choose an abortion. He probably set a record for judicial hate mail, 60,000 pieces, calling him everything from the Butcher of Dachau to Pontius Pilate. At a recent speech, he read from one: " 'You are the lowest scum on earth' -- signed by 'an American Patriot...
...North Korea and the U.S., to discuss trading diplomatic recognition and economic aid for the North's full compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and other Western demands, was scratched. South Korea put its 633,000 troops on alert. Seoul also accepted an American offer to deploy 48 Patriot missile launchers to defend against North Korean Scud missiles and announced that it had resumed planning for the Team Spirit military exercises with the U.S., suspended in February to placate the North. Washington weighed whether to supplement its 34,830 troops in South Korea and beef up their equipment...
...Clinton Administration has decided a gradual move from purely diplomatic to economic and military pressures is still the best response. That is the only way the Security Council might earn backing from China if sanctions are needed later. Last week the U.S. strained to avoid appearing bellicose. The Patriot batteries are being shipped to South Korea rather than flown. No date has been set for the renewed Team Spirit exercise. The Security Council resolution Washington is drafting is expected only to admonish North Korea to comply with treaty terms and to warn that sanctions might be imposed later...
...week by the Federal Reserve, corporate layoffs continued. Among the latest cuts: 5,500 positions, or 25% of the banking work force, at Fleet Financial Group, parent of New England's largest bank; and 4,400 positions, or 7% of the work force, at Raytheon Co., maker of the Patriot missile...
...will permit inspection of seven nuclear sites. Not included in the arrangement: two sites in its Yongbyon complex believed to be waste dumps for weapons-grade plutonium. In a positive response, the South Korean Foreign Minister, Han Sung Joo, said the U.S. should reconsider its proposed deployment of Patriot missiles in South Korea...