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...security reasons, and on the Administration's side, that force is not the solution to the problems. It is true that the Reagan Administration understands the nature of U.S. interests in Central America, but not how to protect them. Military might, even if temporarily successful, can only temporarily quell the deep social and economic problem burdening the regions. Although even for the armchair analyst these problems seem endlessly frustrating, it's important at least to address them regretfully, does...
...most recent previous case, which Reagan advisers have cited as an example of a successful action comparable to Grenada, came in 1965 when President Johnson sent 23,000 troops to the Dominican Republic to quell a left-wing revolution. The action, which
Bechtel's estimate stunned Wall Street as well as the plant's owners. Cincinnati Gas President William Dickhoner tried to quell the fears of financiers, vowing to "consider very carefully the implications of such a dramatic increase." The following day, however, Moody's Investors Service downgraded the ratings of the three utilities. Two other services, Standard & Poor's and Duff & Phelps, put the utilities on a credit watch. Fearful of bankruptcy, Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric and Dayton Power & Light have asked the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court to rule on who would be liable...
...power. Indeed, after the Jaruzelski government resorted to force to quell street demonstrations last May, underground leaders urged their followers not to disrupt the Pope's visit with protests. Even Bujak has conceded that "our fight will go on for a much longer time-years, not months or weeks...
...other members of the President's Commission on Strategic Forces have been asked to design the free world's nuclear deterrent for the rest of this century. Helms' entire adult life has been given to studying and acting against forces that would quell freedom. The problem probably cannot be solved for more than a few years at a time, a fact that Helms accepts but many Americans find hard to digest...