Word: rein
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...diplomatic boycott made moral and political sense as long as Baltic independence seemed an impossible dream. Now the policy is applied too rigidly. An Estonian Deputy Prime Minister, Rein Otsason, and the republic's party ideologist, Mikk Titma, wanted to come to the U.S. recently to lay the foundation for what may be the next free government of their country. But the U.S. delayed the visitors' visas and gave them the official cold shoulder once they arrived...
...doesn't recognize Moscow's right to rule Estonia," complains Rein Veideman, a leader of the pro-independence Popular Front, "but it also doesn't recognize Tallinn's right...
...rather than trying to rein in Stalin and his rampaging Red Army, Roosevelt and Churchill made what they considered minor concessions. They did not insist that Soviet military forces be withdrawn from Eastern Europe. Instead they settled for a vague commitment by the three powers to promote democratic governments and free elections in each of the liberated but Soviet- occupied nations...
...good to understand what others are going through," said Chris M. Rein, an MIT sophomore and squad leader. "Someone next door to me was complaining today about going to Harvard. I guess you get spoiled when drill is only 50 feet from the dorm," Rein said...
...same time, Sony gave free rein to CBS Records chief Walter Yetnikoff, 56, to build the unit's creative output. "CBS always treated us like a stepchild, a little, dirty urchin," says Yetnikoff, "but Sony gives us respect. The important thing is, they like the artists and the business. They understand it's more important for me to take Bruce Springsteen's call than Norio Ohga...