Word: reassertions
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...position in Europe as a preparatory step to the Conference on European Security. Owing to the growth of Soviet seapower, Yugoslavia is strategically far more important than ever to Moscow, which wants a naval base on the Adriatic for its warships in the Mediterranean. The Soviets also seek to reassert their former "elder brother" status in Yugoslavia so that they will have a direct influence in the maneuvering that is bound to follow Tito's death or retirement...
...ivory tower, that the failure until very recently of the student movement to make an issue of it is a testament to that ever-exciting phenomenon's instinct for ineffectiveness and tokenism. But even as the battle has been joined this past Spring, that instinct appears ready to reassert itself...
...week that an end to Ulster's troubles is in sight. Ominously, on the other side, militant Protestants were building up toward a potentially explosive demonstration this week. The right-wing Ulster Vanguard planned a protest march in Londonderry to demand that the British army and Ulster police reassert their rule over the barricaded "no go" areas of Bogside and Creggan, where I.R.A. gunmen have been roam ing at will...
...balloting on a procedural issue ended in a deadlock, he agreed to yet another postponement and set the vote on the treaties for this week. That respite would presumably give Barzel, who at week's end was collecting support from the C.D.U.'s conservatives, enough time to reassert his control over the party. If he succeeds, the treaties will surely be passed...
...immediate aftermath of the miners' return to work, there is a positive effort by men and management in the mining industry to make a fresh start. In his prime ministerial broadcast at week's end, Mr. Heath did his best to reassert his government's authority and set a new trend toward his dedicated aim of Disraeli's "one nation." In the light of this slender ray, there are those who insist that "the British will pull through-we always do." But facts must be faced...