Word: protractedness
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The political repercussions of the war will, of course, ultimately depend on its outcome. Informed by the Vietnam paradigm, conventional wisdom holds that a bloody war that inflicts thousands of American casualties will ruin Bush come 1992. The Bush presidency does indeed stand at a "defining hour." A short and...
It is only human nature to wish for the best, to recoil from the prospect of massive cost and suffering. In this instance, optimism was further fueled by vivid memories of the two-month war in the Falklands, the nine-day conquest of Grenada and the 14-day ousting of...
IMAGINE HOW FOOLISH major historical events would seem had previous generations been made to use the same glorified silly putty that is forced upon us. Martin Luther gumming his 95 Theses to the door of Wittenburg Church just doesn't resonate with theological thunder. Nebuchadnezzer's Hanging Gardens of Babylon...
While Dulles engaged in protracted legal and diplomatic maneuvers to restrain Nasser, the British, French and Israelis -- who all regarded Nasser as a "new Hitler" -- formed a secret alliance to attack him. After the Israelis marched across the Sinai Desert, the supposedly neutral British and French said they had to...
After protracted debate with press executives, the Pentagon last week imposed its "final" rules for covering combat in the gulf -- and leading news organizations promptly labeled them unacceptable.