Word: prevailing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Moreover, the Administration chose not just to demand a cutoff of the arms flow. It also gave all-out support to the shaky military-civilian junta now ruling El Salvador, sending not only American weapons but military training personnel. If that help enables the junta to prevail, the U.S. would indeed have broken a string of American setbacks and Communist successes. But if the junta should fall, either to the leftist guerrillas or -equally bad-to a coup by rightists misusing American aid, Washington would suffer an unnecessary setback round the world. The European allies and several friendly Latin American...
...current scene-with the situation in El Salvador, the situation in Afghanistan, the potential dangers in Poland, and proxy activity-that situation does not prevail...
...figure-skating rivals prevail at the World Championships...
...future? Goodman does not indulge in hollow optimism or shrill pessimism. He is worried. If Saudi Arabia, which accounts for nearly one-third of OPEC's output, drastically cuts the flow, there will be economic depression in the West. On the brighter side: Saudi Arabian moderation may prevail in the Middle East; conservation and higher production in the West may curb the growth of petrodollars, increase confidence in currency and spur a greater sense of community. The bottom line of Paper Money is that, depending on those pesky exogenous variables, things could go either way. But before there...
...easily take any event from the 100-yard free to the 50-yard fly. One of the best match-ups of the day will occur when Vietz faces sophomore star Kathleen McCloskey in the sprint fly event. Although McCloskey is undefeated in the grueling 200-yard distance, Vietz could prevail...