Word: redeploy
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...ominous, reassuring, inspirational, showy, frustrating. The death of the leader of the Soviet Union was announced, with all its implications for the future of that socialist superpower and its troubled relationship with the U.S. In the face of more violence and political uncertainty in Lebanon, President Reagan acted to redeploy the Marines. For the first time, men floated freely in the heavens, breaking away from the shuttle Challenger to become human satellites. In Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, the XIV Winter Olympics opened with impressive pageantry, only to have events "whited out" by too much of a good thing: snow...
...that would extend his military authority beyond Beirut and strengthen the buffer zones between Christians and the Shi'ite Muslims and Druze. Washington is pushing the plan not only because it will enhance the chances for a lasting cease-fire but because it could provide an opportunity to redeploy the Marines to safer ground. Two of America's partners in the Multi-National Force also were increasingly restive about being pinned down in Beirut. France announced that in late January it would transfer one-fourth of its 1,750-man garrison to rejoin the United Nations Force...
...Long report, following a similarly critical assessment of the Lebanon involvement by a House subcommittee, undoubtedly increases the pressure on the Administration to redeploy or withdraw the Marines. If it does not do so, the Democratic presidential candidates are likely to use the report to assail Reagan's policy on Lebanon. If there are further casualties, the report will serve as a detailed reminder that the military has serious qualms about the role it has been asked to play in Lebanon...
...reconnaissance flights, which have already resumed. That view is mistaken, according to some military experts familiar with the Middle East. "I'll be surprised if the attack managed to do much lasting damage to Syrian antiaircraft capabilities," said one analyst, who predicted that the Syrians would soon redeploy their batteries. That raises not only the possibility of further strikes from U.S. forces but also the question of how such strikes should be carried...
...Andropov. He did not want to let the Soviet leader, as he said at one point, "outflexible" him. On Aug. 26, Andropov played another card. Not only would the Soviet Union reduce its European SS-20s from 243 to 162 but it would "liquidate" the remaining 81 rather than redeploy them in Asia...