Word: supporting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...never indulged in the conceit that his easy manner reflected any predisposition toward me or toward the West. I had no doubt that if the interests of his country required it he could be as ruthless or duplicitous as any other Communist leader. But I considered his unquestioning support of the Soviet line an asset, not a liability: it enabled us to measure the policies of his masters with precision. Occasionally he would give me his personal analysis of American politics; without exception it was acute and even wise...
After each statehouse rally, he gives a luncheon for local born-again pastors, hoping to enlist support for Moral Majority. He mentions the need for political ecumenism, and bemoans the fact that several million "conservative Christians"-his label for those who more or less agree with his reading of the Bible-do not vote. "If there is one person in this room not registered," he tells the pastors, "repent of it. It's a sin." That message must be repeated in every congregation, he says. The order of the day must be: "Get them saved, baptized and registered...
...nuns had not been registered as bona fide stockholders. Now the nuns are going to court to force Blue Diamond to register them as the shareholders of record, so that they will be able to get a stockholders' list, which they plan to use to rally inside support for their cause...
...hoped the choice would allay Moscow's growing doubts about Dubcek's fealty. The plan failed, and Dubcek was brutally ousted later that year. Svoboda, who retained his office until 1975, managed to wrest Dubcek and other liberal officials from Soviet custody but agreed in return to support the puppet regime of Gustav Husak, his successor...
...then, the Soviet Union might be driven into a genuine relaxation of tensions with us?if it has not first sought to break out of its isolation by a military assault on China. But whatever China's long-term policy, our medium-term interest was to cooperate, and to support its security against foreign pressures...