Word: role
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...fighting would go on. It is a question of whether the Khmer Rouge are granted government portfolios and political legitimacy along with their military strength. Attending the Paris conference last week, Secretary of State James Baker said, "The United States strongly believes that the Khmer Rouge should play no role in Cambodia's future." That statement was an improvement on one he made in April, when he accepted the inclusion of the Khmer Rouge in a coalition as "a fact of life." Last week he went on to say that American support for a new Cambodian government "will directly...
Williams closed his speech by telling these leaders of educational administration what their role in educational reform must...
...unless the Contras disarm voluntarily, the United Nations reportedly would not be willing to play a role in the implementation of the accords, according to unnamed sources...
...Contras will have to disband soon. After eight years of fighting, they have played little role in the political outcomes in the region--a fact illustrated by the Tela accords that failed to include them...
International affairs, particularily in regions of the world where religion--and ideology--play a dominant role, simply do not fit into neat American conceptions of political tolerance and respect for human rights. Unlike domestic affairs, where the government is (ideally) a disinterested and fair judge of disputes between its citizens, the world arena has no impartial third party actually capable of settling conflicts...