Word: relentlessly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...right's relentless drive for total control of the new government was blocked only at the last minute. Weeks of none too subtle pressure from the U.S. had convinced the country's military commanders that a rightist monopoly of the most important jobs in the government might cause Congress to cut off military aid. Without Washington's largesse, which is expected to total $362 million in 1982, the military would be hamstrung in its fight against the leftist guerrillas seeking to topple the government. The generals therefore insisted on a respectable moderate as provisional President. Their preferred...
These Arab governments never allow such contradictions to interfere in their relentless propaganda assaults on the Jewish state. One lesson we can learn from the mosque attack and the subsequent reaction is that political expediency takes precedence over honesty in the Arab world...
...stroll down the boulevard, decked out, more than likely, in some splendiferous Armani assemblage. The fact is, Saint Laurent remains the pale eminence of high fashion, in part because of his undisputed creative coups over the years, in part because of his huge volume of business and the relentless mythologizing of the fashion press. The fact is also that while Saint Laurent's contributions have been generative and historic, he has often appeared to be treading water (sparkling mineral, no doubt). Armani, meantime, has made a huge splash reshaping and restructuring the way people dress-not only the people...
Though it might seem inconceivable, the Crimson's humbling afternoon had its positive points Harvard's defense never gave in against the relentless Blue Jay attack. Sophomore Edmonds did a remarkable job covering Cook, putting the Hopkins superstar in positions from which most wouldn't have managed to score. Defending the All-American nonetheless took its toll; Edmonds fouled out midway through the fourth quarter...
...make his case, the author has to recycle much dirty laundry. He starts off with sex. Old Joe Kennedy showed his boys an example of relentless womanizing; he courted their dates and embarrassed their mother with his public attentions to Gloria Swanson. The lesson was clear: Kennedy men asserted themselves by breaking rules. When John followed this path, though, he got into trouble. The FBI taped the young naval officer's wartime dalliance with a European beauty-contest winner who had Nazi connections. In the White House, another affair put him in worse jeopardy. His partner, Judith Campbell (later...