Word: stung
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Stung by the Crimson tally, Columbia responded like a swarm of been for the rest of the match, putting unrelenting pressure on the Harvard goal mouth as the difference in skill became apparent and the booters made fewer forays into the Lion's half...
Nobody believes that the Soviets have been fundamentally humbled or have changed their intentions. The balance of nuclear terror is still tipping their way. But the lesson from the Lebanon experience, that technology can compensate for the huge Soviet numerical abundance in weapons and men, has stung. More important, perhaps, in the great power game is the shot in the arm that both the Lebanon and the Falklands experiences have given the West. British infantry showed that allied forces are not the reluctant dragons so often depicted...
...safety for its northern borders. Lebanon, after its period of torment, may?with much luck and work?see its sovereignty restored. For its part, the U.S. has watched two allies come out on top in two displays of elegantly executed strategies. Better yet: the Soviets have been stung in Lebanon, the surface-to-air missiles they sold to the Syrians lying like scrap sculptures in the Bekaa Valley. If there is little dancing in the streets, you would think there might at least be deep contentment in the mind. There...
...inexorably" lead to their sovereignty over the islands. When Britain continued to balk at this, Argentina appeared to back off by calling sovereignty an ultimate "objective" rather than a precondition to talks. At the same time, however, the Argentines hardened their position on mutual withdrawal. Meanwhile, the Thatcher government, stung by increasing "sellout" charges from Conservative Party backbenchers, stiffened its stance on the role of the islanders in the U.N.-sponsored transitional administration...
...regularly view the evening news together. They have watched Reagan's press conferences, and Carter says he can quickly recognize what Reagan knows-and does not know. For the first six months after they returned to Plains, Rosalynn could not bear to watch the news. She had been stung badly by the defeat, and most particularly by comments that the Reagans had restored some class to the White House. Carter was so enraged he was ready to punch one disparaging writer, but he says he has since forgiven him. Rosalynn is not that easy. When a tactless old friend...