Word: rids
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...responsible for Palestinian solidarity than the slogans of the Arab leadership, so that the uprising has been institutionalized as a self-perpetuating expression of pride and anger. But a growing number of Arab extremists argue that stones are no longer sufficient. "The only way we're going to get rid of the Israelis is with force," says a young activist from Nablus. "We have to make them suffer." So far, Palestinians have succeeded in killing 42 Jews, most of them civilians. The activist says several hundred more will have to die before Israel can be brought to the negotiating table...
Thus, considerably more was at stake in the referendum than the $3 billion spent each year by the military. One survey by the Lausanne-based research institute MIS showed that only 15% of voters really wanted to get rid of the army. The rest wanted the army reformed and defense spending trimmed, a clear- cut result of lessening East-West tensions...
...Many voters just thought of the opening of the Berlin Wall. They thought, 'O.K., we can get rid of arms because there's no danger,' " suggests Kurt Spillmann, a professor at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. But the willingness of so many Swiss to vote, in effect, against the army indicates a disaffection that would once have been unimaginable...
...fact, most stood by Aquino, including Senate President Jovito Salonga, who has been critical of her policies. "It took so many years and so much sacrifice to get rid of the dictatorship," said Salonga. "We must protect this democracy despite all its faults and weaknesses...
First, PBHA must rid itself of any illusions of grandeur. PBHA opinions just don't matter. Will the endorsement of PBHA change an election? No. A PBHA endorsement is just a drop in an ocean of political attitudes...