Word: restorationism
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But it is the presence of Vietnamese forces in Kampuchea that remains a key stumbling block for the restoration of relations between Hanoi and Washington. Besides supporting a United Nations resolution that calls for the withdrawal of foreign troops, the Reagan Administration seems intent on keeping Viet Nam in the...
The most that can be hoped for in the near term is a series of measures intended first to arrest the current deterioration, then to limit the damage that has been done. Only after that can bold new ideas for arms control begin to be implemented. Even then, those ideas...
Reagan campaigned on a Republican platform that explicitly called for the restoration of American military superiority. A year after the election, in November 1981, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger still termed a buildup "a necessary prerequisite" to negotiations. The idea of "negotiating from strength" is sound, and there is a superficial...
As Rachel shuttles between Washington and Manhattan, she oscillates between hysteria and impartial reportage. But if she is contradictory as a character, she is consistent as an alter ego. Nora Ephron once imagined herself as a "wallflower at the orgy, . .. everyone else is having a marvelous time, eating, drinking, having...
Staging a restoration tragedy--hardly a tried and true form of drama--is an ambitious and commendable task, and more polish and consistency might have helped bridge the gap between eras. Just as the director should have paid more attention to consistency of dress, he should have fixed more clearly...