Word: regarded
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...least 70% of military aid going to Turkey. Papandreou in turn hardened his stand toward NATO. Henceforth, he told a parliamentary group of his ruling Socialist party, Greece would not participate in any NATO exercises, in the Aegean or elsewhere, "unless the alliance changes its stance with regard to Greek- Turkish differences." By adding that condition, the Prime Minister left himself a loophole. Greece cannot afford to lose even an unsatisfactory U.S. aid package. Papandreou knows all too well that it would be impossible to replace such assistance with aid from any other source, including the Soviet Union...
...managed to stave off efforts to prevent U.S. Navy ships from visiting Australian ports. If the U.S. considered Hawke's letter to Lange to be a "forthright expression" of Australia's support for ANZUS, many New Zealanders tended to see it as meddling by a neighboring country they sometimes regard as a bullying older brother...
West German officials do not underestimate the new generation of terrorists, but they tend to regard them as less formidable than their predecessors. They put the number of active R.A.F. commandos at no more than 25. Despite grandiose plans to attack NATO installations, so far the terrorists have struck more often at unprotected civilian businesses or diplomatic sites. Says a West German security specialist: "The current campaign has a momentum of its own. The risk to innocent bystanders is far greater than before. The new terror is less a protest than a sickness. There are twisted minds in every generation...
...sweaters sat in a circle last week and sang, "Lean on me, I am your sister." They read the passage from Luke in which a group of women told the Apostles that Christ had risen, and the Apostles did not believe them. Then, although the women do not regard such ceremonies as Eucharists, they passed a loaf of French bread and two pottery mugs of wine. "We share this wine now," one of them prayed, "knowing that we are walking with a lot of people in their lives of joy and pain...
...panel's findings, particularly in regard to Ver, resulted largely from his testimony to the Agrava board last April. According to the Tanodbayan report, that testimony was found "to be of doubtful veracity or at times . . . false." In addition to those named as accessories, 17 soldiers, including Aquino's military escorts and Brigadier General Luther Custodio, who was responsible for security at Manila airport, were charged as principals in the conspiracy and ordered held without bail. Herminio Gosuico, a Manila businessman, was named as an accomplice. Said Agapito ("Butz") Aquino, 45, younger brother of the slain opposition leader: "What...