Word: quicked
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Part of the unease in Congress, however, is prompted not by inept legislative tactics or even doubts about what seem to be poorly coordinated strategic decisions, but by a feeling that the Administration is trying for a "quick fix" in Central America (see ESSAY). Discouraged by the length and uncertain prospects of economic and diplomatic efforts, irritated by the difficulties of winning congressional approval for their strategy and feeling themselves under pressure to produce measurable progress in Central America before the 1984 presidential campaign gets fully under way, some White House advisers are pushing for a combination of military moves...
...trouble is that there is no quick fix, even granting the greatest imaginable success for Administration policy. Suppose, for example, Nicaragua and Cuba, intimidated by the military maneuvers and the contra campaign, agreed to a verifiable end to their provision of arms and advisers to the Salvadoran guerrillas. There is no doubt that would be a blow to the insurgents: Arquimedes Canadas, once one of their leaders, said last week in Washington that Cuba has "directed the activities" of the Salvadoran insurgents since 1980. Even so, the Salvadoran insurrection may have developed enough momentum by now to continue for years...
...than an implementer. He says he relies on instinct and consensus in a job Kissinger called "the most exciting and dangerous in Government." Clark has won praise for his ability to prod a slow-moving bureaucracy and get decisions on track. Impatient and eager to please his boss with quick results, Clark sometimes acts without fully weighing the consequences, as he did when he allowed the fleet to set out for Central America...
...Etendard jet fighters equipped with the kind of air-to-surface Exocet missiles that Argentina used against Britain in last year's Falklands war. A likely target for Saddam Hussein: Iran's major oil outlet at Kharg island in the Persian Gulf. The very idea provoked a quick Iranian counterthreat. If France or any other nation intervened in the war by supplying such weapons, or if Iraq seriously damaged the facilities at Kharg island, Majlis Speaker Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani warned, "Iran will destroy the security of the gulf and prevent a "single ship from entering or leaving...
...nation's film industry, which once gave its power to, and took its glory from, strong-minded directors, is today run by cautious bosses looking for quick profits in a few restrictive genres. Besides the ubiquitous porno, local audiences embrace movies about gangsters and itinerant swordsmen, family sagas, cartoon fantasies and stoic romances in which the hero and heroine never kiss. The endlessly popular Tora-San movies, which trace the comic misfortunes of a middle-aged wanderer and his family, will soon appear in The Guinness...