Word: status
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...even those heroics couldn't claim the spotlight for Krayer alone. Even Lane MacDonald--winner of the Hobey Baker award--has trouble claiming star status on this team...
Left to his own devices and instincts, Shamir would come to the U.S. with his jaw out, his dukes up and nothing in his pocket. The idea of a "Shamir initiative" sounds like a contradiction in terms. His preferred role is still that of defiant custodian of the status...
...status quo is untenable. That is the message Shamir has been getting not just from the Palestinian stone throwers but from their antagonists in the Israeli army as well. It is a reminder of the enduring humanism and idealism of the Zionist state that many of its warriors hate breaking bones and say so to their Prime Minister...
Western conservatives object that Yalta Two would simply concede continued Soviet dominance over the area. They do not favor cementing the status quo or illogically and unrealistically attempting to extend NATO's influence into the East. Instead, they recommend that both sides try to thin out their troop presence...
...wise course for the West is to overhaul its long-standing policy of "differentiation," which has meant, primarily, dealing with each East European country directly rather than through Moscow, and rewarding human- rights improvement with economic prizes like most-favored-nation trade status. But, says a Western diplomat in Vienna, "quite frankly, differentiation is a reactive policy, a cautious policy. It does not initiate and it is not crafted to take account of the complex issues that are now at stake...