Word: sovereign
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this. The Falklands have been important in British history since 1770, when we were forced off. The battle of the Falklands in the first World War was for the command of those straits; if we had not won that, we would not have won the war. It is British sovereign territory. The Falklanders wish to be British subjects. I simply do not understand what is wrong with that. I would have thought it was of immense help to our American friends that we were there...
...discussions with Jordan's King Hussein on President Reagan's Sept. 1 peace initiative, which called for the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip to be linked to Jordan. Left-wing elements within Fatah oppose any settlement that would give the Palestinians less than a wholly sovereign and independent state, however unrealistic that goal may be. They in effect vetoed Arafat's attempts to reach an agreement with Hussein that would have allowed the Jordanian King to pursue the Reagan initiative in alliance with the Palestinians. The dissidents were actively encouraged by Assad and Gaddafi...
...real world of sovereign states, a world government is a dream for the distant future, not a practical goal for current policymakers...It would be a tragedy if opportunities for practical progress toward nuclear peace were missed because our goals were set too high, beyond the reach of what is possible...
...British and French forces in particular should be left aside entirely. Mostly submarine-based, less accurate and less destructive, they have as their prime purpose to defend Britain and France alone, not the Western alliance as a whole. The U.S. cannot bargain with the independent deterrents of its sovereign allies in a bilateral Soviet-American negotiation. The Soviets, of course, know that. The real reason that they are pressing the issue is that they hope to play on British and French fears
...there anyone, sovereign, subject or just plain citizen, safe from Rivers' barbs? "Deformed children," she answers. "And religion I'm very careful with. Otherwise, no. Everyone I've ever made a joke about has been huge. Who cares if I tell Sophia Loreri she's a tramp? She doesn't even know who I am. All I am saying about Elizabeth Taylor is what everyone else is saying. She ought to thank me. I'm part of the reason she lost weight...