Word: sabers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After nearly a century of New England wind and rain, the colonel's face is now as black as those of his soldiers. But beneath his cap a streak of bright green flows, like blood from a saber wound, down the temple, blinding the right eye, grazing the mustache. His naked sword is fastened to his knee, but someone has broken it off just below the bolt...
When tensions between Jordan's King Hussein and Syria's President Hafez Assad threatened an outbreak of hostilities early this winter, the Saudis skillfully stepped in and cajoled the saber-rattling neighbors into a wary detente. Some diplomats now believe that the Saudis may even be getting ready to make political peace with Sadat, with whom they broke relations in protest over the Camp David peace accord...
Bringing tensions between the superpowers back under control is a challenge to American policy that carries with it an unavoidable inequity. Because of the Soviet Union's interventions in Africa and Afghanistan, its saber rattling in Eastern Europe, its support for Vietnamese aggression in Southeast Asia, and its menacing buildup in nuclear and conventional weaponry, the U.S.S.R. is largely responsible for the crisis in East-West relations. Yet if the U.S. waits for the Kremlin to make the first move in getting the relationship back on track, and especially on the right terms, it may well have to wait...
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Moscow's saber rattling had a clear purpose: to intimidate Solidarity, the independent trade-union movement that has become increasingly bold in its demands for political liberalization. But what may have been a better guide to Soviet intentions was nearly drowned out in the alarmist din. With the Polish economy in a tailspin, the Soviets last week gave their suffering satellite $1.1 billion in hard-currency credits and $200 million in commodities. Most analysts believe Soviet military intervention is a distant last resort, to be used only in case of serious disturbances or a total breakdown of party control...