Word: shifts
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...epochal changes in Europe during the past six months are all the more dramatic for defense contractors because the shift comes on the heels of the Reagan era's $2.4 trillion defense buildup, the largest peacetime military expansion in American history. Deficit pressures forced reductions in federal spending as early as 1985, when U.S. defense outlays began to grow more slowly than inflation. Military suppliers started to feel the pinch of tighter budgets, but the reductions of the past few years have been mere potholes in contrast to the yawning craters that lie ahead...
...time to change U.S. policy," said Muskie recently. He suggested direct contact between the U.S. and the Hun Sen government, an end to Washington's "implicit" support for the Khmer Rouge, and separate verification of Vietnam's withdrawal as first steps toward a long-term political solution. This would shift the U.S. focus away from the rebel coalition that includes the Khmer Rouge and would require the U.S. to abandon its unyielding opposition to Hun Sen. As Muskie put it in a speech last December, "When we finally left Vietnam, we opened the way for the historic conflict between Vietnam...
Fortunately for the Crimson, Henikoff harrassed Flynn in straight sets at second singles to shift Harvard back into control...
...fact, the major challenge for the U.S. intelligence establishment is to prove to congressional budgetmakers that it can shift its goals and change its methods as the Soviet military threat recedes. "In general, both House and Senate members agree that we do not have a net decline in our challenge," says Gary Foster, who heads the CIA's new office for planning and coordination. "They want us to show responsiveness to what's going on, but they are not necessarily saying 'Get smaller.' " Says Oklahoma Congressman Dave McCurdy of the House Intelligence Committee: "What we have to ask is whether...
Last week, my professor discussed a French absurdist dramatist's lecture to the intellectual elite of his day. The playwright stood in front of the audience and began to clang a cowbell. The crowd chuckled appreciatively. He kept on clanging. The crowd began to shift nervously in their seats. He kept on clanging. The crowd began to pelt him with rotten meat...