Word: prevailing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...both in Britain and in Argentina, the only U.S. option, in the words of a State Department official, was "quiet encouragement." The best hope was that time would heal the wounds opened so brutally, that a rational appraisal of each country's best long-term interests would eventually prevail, and that the hard-won peace would not unravel. -By George Russell...
...nuclear capabilities must I prevail even under the condition of a prolonged war." That American planners have thought of, and even planned for, such dire contingencies is neither new nor surprising. But the fact that details of these plans were leaked to journalists at a most inappropriate time was highly disturbing. At least three news organizations obtained copies of a secret 125-page Defense Guidance report, in which the Pentagon set forth U.S. military strategy for the next five years. Its missile-rattling conclusions made front-page headlines in the New York Times just as Ronald Reagan was embarking...
...reserving her other options. She could, as urged by some angry members of her own Conservative Party, withhold part of Britain's future contributions to the budget, an act of defiance that ultimately would lead to Britain's political isolation from Europe. Assuming cooler heads prevail in London, Britain is likely to return to the bargaining table this week to assess the damage to its interests and those of its European partners. A showdown in the Falklands was enough for the moment...
...already in existence is terminated on political grounds." A university can therefore decide to "engage" itself in South Africa. ROTC, and Iran for whatever reasons. When forced to deal with the consequences of this engagement, however, it cannot resort to political or moral decision-making. Rather, institutional neutrality should prevail...
Running at full force with out any injuries to hamper them, the Crimson thinclads managed to place in every event. It was this depth that allowed them to prevail over BU's Terriers, who almost upset Harvard in the indoor championships, but appeared devoid of spark and manpower last weekend...