Word: slackens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Both steps could be justified in the absence of any hostage negotiations if Iran, in return, would slacken its intense hostility to the West. At best, the release of the hostages could be presented as an almost incidental part of a general Washington-Tehran rapprochement or even as a major concession by the Iranians, agreed to as the inescapable price of smoother relations with the West...
...female Vice-Presidential candidate is encouraging although their hypocritical optimism and enthusiasm about the prospect is not. NOW members, and all feminist activists, should continue to pressure politicians to enact feminist legislations; they should not allow false hopes to be raised which would cause NOW members to slacken their efforts. The idea of a woman in the White House, even in the second position, is not unthinkable: only the perception of that possibility is still prohibitive. And that perception, as we saw this week, is changing, and capable of being changed much more...
...situation prevails in the Middle East, and some of my peers in ROTC were actually there. The fundamental questions of our involvement in Lebanon--why we are there in the first place, how long the Marines will remain ashore, and most important, whether our military effort will intensify or slacken--are still a matter of heated public debate. Numerous faults can be found on the diplomatic level as well. As far as strictly military maneuvers are concerned, however, the United States has so far shown admirable restraint and careful execution. The Marines are clearly still in a defensive and policing...
Like a consumer who uses his credit card too often, many U.S. corporations now find themselves over their heads in debt. As sales continue to slacken and interest rates remain high, some of the largest and most successful American corporations are experiencing problems. Last week RCA Corp. was negotiating to sell its Hertz auto-rental subsidiary for about $700 million to Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. so that it could reduce its nearly $3 billion debt. Boeing saw its bond rating reduced by Standard & Poor's from AA-to A because it will have to borrow heavily in order...
...There has been a temptation to deal with China on a purely tactical level-to tighten our bonds when we are annoyed at the Soviets and slacken them again when things calm down. We should not use China to needle the Soviets. We need a long-term settled strategy that does not fluctuate with the ups and downs of our Moscow policy. We have a fundamental interest in the independence and territorial integrity of China. As China gets stronger, it may treat us with greater reserve; we should not delude ourselves about that. But in the next decade...