Word: re-establish
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...Congress barred funding of a mission to the Vatican as a result of antipapal sentiment. President L Truman tried to re-establish ties in 1951 but was forced to back down. Congress repealed the prohibition in November with little opposition...
...speeches he gave throughout the '60s and '70s suggesting that Social Security no longer be compulsory (In 1966, he said, "Social Security ought to be voluntary." In 1980, he said, "I never suggested that Social Security should be voluntary"). Gone will be the suggestions that the United States re-establish diplomatic relations with Taiwan ("I misstated"), his endorsement of a unified Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty, and the campaign promise of a balanced budget ("In the first place, I said that [a balanced budget] was our goal, not a promise."). And in the wake of the current furor over the President...
...allow the N.T.E. to be used for testing veteran teachers. Says Anrig: "Tests should not be used for practicing teachers because better information on their performance is available, based on observing what they actually do in the classroom with students." Clinton, however, maintains that "if we are going to re-establish the teaching profession as a profession worthy of respect, there have to be some standards of individual accountability...
...selection should go to the heroic Argentine airmen who, with total disregard for their lives, made the British pay a high price to re-establish colonialism in the South Atlantic...
...improve the quality of life for West Bank Palestinians. TIME Jerusalem Correspondent David Halevy was told by one of the Prime Minister's top aides that "Shamir is ready to enable the local population of the West Bank to run their own lives. He will seek ways to re-establish Arab mayors at all of the West Bank urban centers." More surprising, Shamir hinted that he was willing to "take a second look at the U.S. peace plan" advanced by Reagan last year...