Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fantasy to think that a military solution could be achieved by deploying a contingent of 100,000 in a mountainous country with a territory of 652,200 sq. km ((251,800 sq. mi.)). It was obvious at first glance to military and political leaders that the task was to support the Afghanistan regime. But every action follows its own rules. It is easy to deploy forces, but objective realities then compel you to take other decisions. From this point of view, the armed forces were pushed into participating in long-term military activities, and, of course, we could see that...
...Whenever governments take money from the military, there is always grumbling. What President Gorbachev is proposing, with your support, is a drawdown of the military. Will the armed forces be happy about having some of their toys taken away...
...network also serves up half-hour instruction programs with names like Street Beat, Command Update and Alert, Alive & Well. Relying on 50 experts nationwide, the shows dish out training information on everything from shooting techniques and handcuffing methods to weight-control strategies. A twelve-member news staff, with the support of a CBS feed, punctuates the broadcast day with regular five-minute bursts about the latest mayhem on the crime-and-disaster front...
...uncertain how strongly to back her. While Ortega is one of Bush's least favorite heads of state, lavishing U.S. resources on a lost cause could succeed only in making Ortega more difficult to deal with in a second term. Still, the U.S. will spend $9 million to support the election, giving some to U.N.O. and some -- by Nicaraguan law -- to the Sandinista government...
...council watcher suggested awarding a medal to 1-2-3 author Frederick R. Meyer for helping to bring out pro-tenant support. Another quipped that the CCA should have put the referendum on the ballot themselves...