Word: portend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WOULD THE ADMINISTRATION permit a left-leaning Grenadian government to replace the leftist one U.S. forces dislodged? The ambivalent role of American troops and Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger '38's refusal to set a specific withdrawal deadline portend a disheartening, but hardly surprising, answer. We have toppled democratically elected governments (Mossadegh of Iran in 1953). We also support repressive dictatorships around the globe (Ferdinand Macros of the Philippines, Chun Doo Hwan of South Korea, etc.) to suit our own geopolitical and strategic interests. By ferreting out known Bishop supporters, the U.S. government is preventing the leaders of a major...
Steim said that the earthquake was an isolated one, and did not portend an increase in terranean activity in the future...
...automotive constituencies. Said Democratic Senator Donald Riegle of Michigan: "The continuing Japanese attack on our basic industries is another Pearl Harbor. The time has come to close America's door to the flood of Japanese imported products." Michigan Congressman John Dingell feared that Uno's statement could portend "a devastating blow to the auto industry...
Other admissions officers thought the drop might portend more of last year's problems in attracting minority and low income students. James Wickenden, dean of admissions at Princeton, said yesterday he was "very pessimistic" about attracting minorities this year Princeton's 6 percent drop follows several years of increasing applicant numbers...
...Camp Cuba-Nicaragua. The show varies little from week to week: target practice, men running an obstacle course, simulated assaults through mud and underbrush. No automatic weapons or explosives are used; they are illegal. Finally, Bombillo Gonzalez climbs atop a tiny wooden podium and explains what these maneuvers portend for the hated leftist governments of Cuba and Nicaragua...