Word: repairable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Brezhnev) must realize that further military moves in the area would court a global conflict. Even Henry Kissinger recognizes that the Soviets, no matter how devious they are, will hesitate before taking any new military action, and more likely will follow their armed offensive with a "peace offensive" to repair their image...
Fazal showed Carrington and accompanying foreign correspondents a British-built defense network of underground bunkers, bridges and tank traps that are sorely in need of repair. Reason: Pakistan has concentrated four-fifths of its armed forces along the eastern border shared with its historic enemy, India. Fazal currently commands only two infantry divisions, plus the famed Khyber Rifles formed by the British a century ago. Of the 40,000 men under Fazal's command, 18,000 are paramilitary troops equipped only with rifles...
...party, fared little better. His campaign warnings that the election of Indira and Sanjay heralded a return to dictatorship were ignored. Lok Dal won only 41 seats in Parliament, including Singh's own. It seemed unlikely that the bitterly quarrelsome Lok Dal and Janata parties could repair their breach in order to form an effective opposition to Gandhi's Congress Party. An ominous prospect, however, is an alliance between the Communist parties that won a total of 37 seats in West Bengal. Though the parties have ideological differences, they may join with leftist parties and splinter groups...
...What will it take on the part of the Soviets to repair the Soviet-American relationship...
...Soviet Union wishes to repair that relationship promptly, the best and most certain way would be the rapid withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan. An act of this sort would be a genuine token of serious commitment to international cooperation and stability. Otherwise, we will go through a period in which the hopes for greater opportunities will be very much delayed...