Word: seeks
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...House of Representatives. In a vote that had been billed as a vital test of the Administration's interventionist foreign policy, the Democratic-controlled House rejected, at least for the moment, the President's request to give $100 million in aid to the Nicaraguan contras, who seek to overthrow the Sandinista regime. "The Administration deserved to have its nose bloodied on this," said Democratic Congressman Les Aspin of Wisconsin. "They handled this really badly." To a disappointed Reagan, the vote was "a dark day for freedom...
...greater and far more plausible threat is that of Sandinista-sponsored subversion. The democratic governments of the region are understandably nervous that the Sandinistas will seek to export their own revolution. "The Central American countries don't dislike the Sandinistas because of their Soviet connections, but because of their connections with homegrown radicals," says a senior U.S. diplomat...
Kathy M. Kniepmann, health educator at UHS, says many students do not seek out help even when they need it. "I think that everyone gets depressed," she says. "Some people need more help than they think they need...
...biggest problem facing campus counseling groups is reaching those students who are having problems, but who will not seek help. The peer counseling services frequently act as an intermediate step for students who do not want to go see a psychologist. Marquand says that Room 13 "was founded, in part, because students were having trouble trusting established institutional arrangements...
Botha's commitment to cutting back the tight security measures that have seriously polarized his country seemed even less assured. Before the government released more than 300 detainees still held under the emergency provisions, he said he would seek new legislation that would "enable the authorities to deal with continued incidents of unrest." The State President also set an Aug. 1 deadline to begin implementation of a United Nations independence plan for the South Africa-controlled territory of South West Africa, or Namibia. Botha made it clear, however, that the plan is still contingent on the withdrawal of Cuban troops...