Word: pave
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...welcome all of these proposals as sensible means of instituting security reform. In the past, house residents have expressed concern that police officers and guards are too removed from the people they protect. A system of appointing liaisons would pave the way for smoother relationships between students and security officials, as well as ensuring that the latter have a clear idea of house residents' concerns...
...make Asian governments more responsive. To this the Administration has an answer: engagement over the long term. "We'll stay engaged," says a State Department official, "and keep articulating our view of what would represent progress for us." A White House official argues that economic growth and prosperity pave the way for better social and political conditions. "Coming into the mainstream ((of nations)) and shifting to markets," he says, "does in fact create trends that favor human rights...
Aristide's joy-filled return marked more than a victory for the activist priest who transformed Haitian politics. As he gratefully acknowledged, the moment would never have occurred without the persistence of Bill Clinton, who dispatched a peaceful army to pave the way. Now the U.S. and Aristide depend on each other for success. The Haitian leader's ceremonial return was visibly orchestrated by his muscular allies. When he arrived a few minutes before noon, it was aboard a U.S. Air Force jet. For his safety, he was allowed only the most subdued reception by a privileged phalanx of dignitaries...
...junta in Haiti learned the lesson. When last year, a lightly-armed American contingent travelled to Haiti to pave the way for Aristide's return, they were met by a junta-organized mob on the docks, openly threatening "another Somalia...
President Clinton lifted all travel and economic sanctions against Haiti to pave the way for democracy's return, and urged other nations to do likewise. He'll nonetheless keep a selective squeeze on Haiti's military junta, their families and about 600 supporters until they make good on their promise to give up power Oct. 15. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York for his second time as president, Clinton also outlined his policy of selective military engagement abroad "when the cause is right." Under the new Haiti policy, commercial flights to Haiti will resume Tuesday and Haitians...