Word: regarded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Carlos Fuentes, Garcia Marquez, Mme. Allende) have been denied entry into the U.S. on the grounds that what they (will!) say is prejudicial to state interests. Hence Mr. Brown's privilege to air his views from a Harvard podium is hardly a "right", and it is a mistake to regard it as an axiom...
...refuses, he seems determined to keep the peace initiative alive by bringing down the government and pushing for early elections. Peres told Israeli newspaper editors last week that he was "more than optimistic" about the prospects for peace talks. Replied Shamir: "I believe it would be irresponsible with regard to the country's interests to thrust us into the whirlpool of elections . . . and, God forbid, send the country back into the period of inflation and instability...
...some government workers were measuring the water flow of a stream in a northern village when a band of contras struck. The contras claim that a fire fight ensued, a distinct possibility since the Sandinista leadership encourages Nicaraguans to carry weapons in war zones in self-defense. The rebels regard anyone armed or in uniform as a combatant, though the Sandinistas view many of the same people as civilians. It remained unclear whether Linder, who sometimes carried a pistol for protection, was armed...
...visitors identified obstreperous members of Congress and likely collision points, there came a soft and knowing chuckle from Chief of Staff Howard Baker. "Let me talk to him," Baker would say, or, "We can't let that one come to a head." He spoke in most cases with genuine regard for the adversaries, and he spoke always with a great relish for the game of politics...
After several neutral slides, Elvis showed what he described as "a naked woman." Yet this woman was not merely naked, she was blind-folded, faceless, dehumanized, reduced to a body. It was the most typical pornography, an invitation to regard women as objects...