Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stand the strain of oil production, even if a spill never occurs. A few roads and airstrips in this seemingly vast wilderness, they say, could cause permanent harm to the habitats of caribou, musk-oxen, polar bears, golden eagles and wolves. For evidence to back their argument, the preservationists point to Prudhoe Bay. The weight of trucks atop temporary roads has cut into the mat of vegetation that makes up the tundra, allowing sunlight to weaken the top layer of permafrost beneath. The result: ever deepening ruts that erode into gullies. And oily wastes have leached out of supposedly secure...
...Muslims, who today are in the majority and are demanding a larger role in governing the country. Now, without even a figurehead President to sustain the fading dream of national reconciliation, and with the big guns drowning out all appeals for peace, Lebanon's chaos may have reached the point of no return...
After the talks, Bush wound up lending qualified support to the one modestly promising part of Shamir's four-point proposal: allowing Palestinians in the occupied territories to elect representatives to negotiate with Israel for some limited "interim" self-rule, as promised more than a decade ago in the Camp David accords. While Shamir again repeated that Israel would never leave those areas, Bush did insist that the U.S. regards any such negotiations as just a first step toward a settlement. But Shamir felt his basic objectives were satisfied. "The Americans certainly don't agree with all of our policies...
From Cuba to Poland to Viet Nam, Moscow is scaling back its costly involvement in cold war commitments. -- Invading guerrillas, an angry South Africa and ineffectual U.N. peacekeepers threaten Namibia's future. -- After 14 years of civil war, is Lebanon at the point of no return? -- In dealing with Israel, the U.S. tries a step-by-step approach...
...Taking a look from the woman's point of view...