Word: role
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ehrenreich contends that debate over involvement in politics has not been that important at PBHA, anyway. "None of these issues played a large role in the PBHA elections," she wrote...
...fall condemning Proposition 1-2-3 was hardly our "first officials political position." They had forgotten that PBHA is currently less "political," in that sense, than it has been at any time in the last quarter-century. They had Forgotten that the issue of political endorsements played almost no role at all in the PBHA presidential election...
...that measure, the main value of Malta was in fulfilling Bush's stated goal: making a personal connection with Gorbachev. To Bush's relief, Gorbachev played a low-key role, thanking the President for his "prudent and cautious" rhetoric. The two leaders engaged in lengthy chats about "Western values," an expression Bush uses to describe the changes sweeping Eastern Europe. In one 30-minute segment, Gorbachev asked Bush to drop the phrase from speeches, because it implied the changes were a victory for the West. Accordingly, the President has started speaking of "democratic values...
...legalized rival political parties, setting the stage for other Soviet republics to do the same. This week radical delegates are expected to propose a debate in the Congress of People's Deputies on whether to delete Article 6 of the national constitution, which enshrines the party's "leading role" in Soviet society...
Officials said Baker outlined his plans for a wider political role for NATO. His plan, unveiled in Berlin on Monday, foresees the alliance as a permanent monitor of the reductions being discussed in Vienna and as a mediator of regional conflicts...