Word: shouldn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Germans have served their penance; now we should reward them for their contrition. We shouldn't flatter ourselves. If reunification ever comes, it won't be a "gift" from the West as much as a concession from the East. After years of presidential rhetoric decrying the artificial German division (from Kennedy through Reagan), U.S. officials have almost no choice but to support reunification. The people agree--a recent New York Times poll showed that over two-thirds of Americans think favorably of reunification. If it were only a matter of U.S. agreement, one Germany would be a done deal...
...Joshua took Jericho. More than any other event, it symbolizes the rebirth of freedom in Eastern Europe. The amazing political changes in what used to be called the Soviet bloc raise questions about changes yet to come. Hasn't an economic barrier also fallen? Don't new opportunities beckon? Shouldn't Western business pioneers be packing their suitcases...
...shouldn't stop there. Promoting democracy means more than encouraging reform in the communist bloc. It means adopting a foreign policy based on respect for human rights and political freedom rather than on Cold War ideological prejudices. It means using American influence and moral example to eliminate human rights abuses in nations of all ideological persuasions...
...know that the word socialism smells like the devil in the U.S., but it shouldn't be that way. The Communists expropriated the word socialism, so people now identify it with Marxism-Leninism...
...difference between the lease payments and the original $3.96 million and take ownership of the Manet. All seemed well until an American adviser in 1987 pointed out to Chemical that by law the Manet belonged to the bank and not to Bond. Its price had gone up. So why shouldn't Chemical auction the Manet on behalf of its shareholders? On learning of this suggestion, Bond reportedly flew into an epic rage. Chemical backed down and let Bond pay off the lease and keep the picture...