Word: specter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...winnable" nuclear wars and the like ceased. But the majority editorial serves as encouragement to the Soviet Union and other repressive regimes to act aggressively. It does not consider the conventional advantage the Soviets would have in the event of nuclear disarmament, nor does it seem frightened by the specter of other countries with nuclear capabilities, such as Libya, using blackmail to further their interests...
...leaders has been momentarily broken. Those 25 or 30 men and women who preside over the larger powers have at once been shattered by Anwar Sadat's death, reminded of their own perishability and united in a singular way by the danger in which they all walk. The specter of death attends them...
...recent proliferation of tempting consulting offers--and, in some cases, of management posts in outside companies--makes the specter of divided loyalties and energies on the parts of professors increasingly likely. The Faculty Council is to be commended for acting last week to dissuade professors from succumbing to the temptation of lucrative work elsewhere. The stiff new codes governing outside work recently approved by the council leave no doubt that a professor's overriding commitment should be to the University. In requiring professors to disclose all "potentially serious" conflicts to a new committee, the council will doubtless inspire many professors...
...must be more aware of our own revolutionary nature," he added. "A specter of a revolutionary proletariat hangs over Moscow. The Soviet Union continues to export its domestic problems to its client states, like Cuba and East Germany, and that has created enormous vulnerabilities...
...Administration's economic program, of course, turned out to be far different from Reagan's campaign speeches and his Government's early projections. Though industrial production and investment were somewhat higher than most economists expected in view of the high cost of borrowing money, the specter of those larger-than-expected budget deficits soon began to cast a shadow over the whole Reagan program. Says Donald Miller, vice chairman of the Continental Illinois Corp.: "Supplyside economics has been oversold, and people have come to expect too much." Adds Conservative Economist Martin Feldstein, president of the National Bureau...