Word: skirmisher
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...First skirmish in the Gulf...
...there is something very fundamental at stake in the conflict between East and West. Without that basis in the moral order, no amount of strategic brilliance or foreign policy sophistication will be able to keep the peace and sustain political freedom in Western Europe. The West has won this skirmish with the Soviets but its weak spots will take a long time to overcome. Unaccustomed as it may sound, we can coexist most peacefully with the Soviet Union when the Russians understand first, that nothing is to be gained by accumulating more weapons, and second, that the Western public...
...years ago (Viet Nam, Cuba). One top official, watching the angry Shultz-Gromyko meeting in Madrid after the airliner was shot down, saw all the elements of a classic diplomatic explosion and instant walkout. Yet something kept the two men talking. They feared for their images. In this skirmish, Gromyko faltered. He suggested to the world that his government would do it again, and the shock waves were visible on the faces of the world's reporters. They, in turn, conveyed their dismay to readers and listeners back home. But the Soviets could not run off and close...
...president of Apple Computer. He showed them new television commercials, answered questions and announced that this week the Lisa computer, which sells for $9,995, will have a new stripped-down price of $6,995. The price cut for the Lisa, introduced last January with much fanfare, marks another skirmish in the war between Apple (estimated 1983 sales: $1 billion) and IBM (estimated 1983 sales: $40 billion) for the personal-computer market...
...real problem is real estate. When the College grew in the '60s, it gobbled up neighborhoods and drove up the price of housing for everyone. There is not enough Cambridge for everyone who wants it. That was the war which the city should have fought. Now we can only skirmish over lots and individual buildings...