Word: staying
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Suppose it's raining and you're afraid to melt, or suppose you live in either Chapel Hill or Pittsburgh; then I guess you may as well tune in Channel 5 for the Pitt vs. UNC football battle. Undoubtedly some of you may stay home for the NBC baseball game of the week. Football starts at 1:30 and baseball at 2:00 for you shut...
Huntington authored a presidential memorandum which proposed 1) an increase in U.S. military spending by three percent annually in order to maintain a balance of power relative to the Soviet Union, 2) exploitation of non-military power to induce the Soviet Union to stay out of regional conflicts, and 3) the use of military force, if necessary, to contain Soviet influence in critical areas such as Europe...
This year's room, he says, promises to be more aesthetic, less angular than last year's. And, like last year's Kasper is designing the entire project from scratch. He is careful to stay within University regulations by not nailing anything into the wall; all his structures are self-supporting...
...stranglehold over Namibia led the U.N., with Western support, to revoke South Africa's mandate to govern Namibia. But when a U.N. civilian group attempted to enter the territory to take over administration, South Africa quickly occupied the country with 10,000 troops and told the U.N. to stay...
...been characterized by varying combinations of deceit, naivete, and open disregard for the cause of justice--all based on shortsighted conceptions of American strategic and economic interests. U.S. policy in Angola provides the most egregious example. The U.S. made a practical analysis that the Portuguese were in Africa to stay--that the national liberation movements lacked the military strength or political unity to defeat the Portuguese. It opted to support the Portuguese colonial presence in Africa until the coup in Portugal--in large part prompted by her failing military efforts in Africa--proved them wrong...