Word: powerlessness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stepped down now, he might face arrest and possible imprisonment. Nor did the CIA or Defense Department predict the extent of Noriega's support among the military. "It's really shocking," says an insider, "how bad our intelligence has been." Soon after the indictments, Panama's mostly powerless President Eric Delvalle went to Washington for a meeting of the Organization of American States. Delvalle told Abrams he planned to announce to the OAS his intention of firing Noriega. Abrams, who continued to harbor hopes of a popular uprising in Panama, liked the idea but not the venue...
Reagan thought OPEC was finished. The cartel began to self-destruct in the early 1980's when internecine squabbling and cheating on production quotas rendered it powerless to prop up oil prices. Combined with Carter-era conservation programs, excess production led to a world-wide glut. The price of a barrel of oil fell by one-third, ushering in the economic recovery of the Reagan...
Amidst its celebration, the Penn squad knew that it was now powerless to determine the outcome of the league race...
...because he had said that Cry, the Beloved < Country was the only Christian novel that he was ever able to read. I heard him again in 1955, at the Jubilee of Kent School, Connecticut. He had had a stroke, and delivered his paper sitting down, hiding his powerless left hand under his right. His audience was deeply affected, for they were witnessing a triumph of mind (or soul) over matter. And the mind was as clear as ever...
...constitute a government. Washington and Moscow would like to resolve the issue with some form of coalition between the ruling Afghan Communists and the mujahedin, but neither Afghan party likes the idea. Most mujahedin leaders reject outright any suggestion of sharing power with the Afghan Communists, who will be powerless without their Soviet backers. U.S. Under Secretary of State Michael Armacost raised the issue with rebel leaders last week in Islamabad but made no headway. Said Sayed Ahmed Gilani, chief of the National Islamic Front for Afghanistan: "We told Mr. Armacost that the future government in Kabul will...