Word: rollback
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...keep up with the American arms buildup (redoubled in the '80s) and underwrite expansionism has led the Soviet Union into dire straits and the desire to lower the level of the arms race--an option made possible since U.S. policy is committed to the "containment" and not the "rollback" of Communism...
Many Catholic academicians, pleased with the laissez-faire environment that has developed since the Second Vatican Council, are anxious to prevent any rollback. The Vatican, on the other hand, intends to issue a long-pending decree on higher education including specific provisions for removing dissidents. The whole issue could come to a head next month when some 170 Catholic leaders from around the world meet in Rome to discuss the final draft of the decree. Father Richard McBrien, chairman of the University of Notre Dame theology department, is confident that the document will cause no change in the status...
...Wright said yesterday a "clear majority" of the House privately supported his plan for dodging a pre-deadline vote and then voting a partial rollback of the raise along with a ban on honoraria...
...Reynolds, outraged minorities by breaking the Justice Department's long- standing alliance with civil rights organizations. The new appointee could help the G.O.P. lure nonwhite voters by reversing Reynolds' opposition to affirmative-action quotas. One key decision: whether the Administration should side with civil rights groups in opposing any rollback on discrimination suits brought under the Civil Rights Act of 1866 when the issue is argued before the Supreme Court next year...
Voters who approved a rollback in auto premiums may inspire a wider revolt. -- Why Ross Johnson' s overreaching grab for RJR Nabisco infuriates his board of directors...