Word: rebuff
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...policy into the trap warned against by Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Adviser to Jimmy Carter. Said Brzezinski, of foreign ventures generally: "We are forever in danger of getting just enough involved not to succeed, yet still to be responsible for failing." Unhappily, the Administration's bungling and Congress's rebuff last week have made that risk in Central America all the greater...
...decline and eventual death of Leonid Brezhnev, the Soviets clearly had a stake in demonstrating that the capacity of the nation's leadership was not again in question because of the failing health of their supreme leader. The West Germans, for their part, chose to believe that no rebuff was intended. Still, as one Bonn official remarked, "In Moscow, you never can be sure...
...impact of the voters' rebuff sank in, Christian Democratic leaders searched for explanations. Was it a one-shot protest or part of a continuing decline? The most prevalent theory blamed voter fatigue with a party that had been unable to deal with the country's worsening economic ills. Over the years, moreover, the Christian Democrats have been tarred by recurring corruption scandals, alleged Mafia connections and, most recently, charges of links with the Naples underworld. Although the Communists opposed NATO's plans to deploy new nuclear missiles in Italy and other West European countries later this year...
...black concerns. In 1980 his problems with blacks were evident at the polls: he captured only about 9% of their vote. Events last week put him on the defensive again and revived talk that Reagan strategists have written off the black vote in 1984. First, in an embarrassing rebuff to the Administration, the Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that racially discriminatory private schools are ineligible for federal tax-exempt status. Then, the next day, Reagan replaced three members of the Commission on Civil Rights with appointees who share his opposition to racial quotas and busing. Reagan, who heatedly claims...
...would carry the day by rallying voter support for the full range of military needs he endorses. Others hoped he would see the need to modify his stance. In the end he failed to do either. His public crusade backfired badly, and his unyielding position led to a stunning rebuff at the hands of his own party leaders...