Word: suspender
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Because the U.S. is behind, and because arms control is partly to blame, the best course would be to suspend bilateral bargaining and concentrate on a unilateral American rearmament. Once the U.S. has re-established equality or, better yet, a "margin of safety, "it can resume talks and negotiate from strength...
...sentiment is understandable, but in the view of many nuclear experts, the proposed solution is impractical and unwise. While most freeze resolutions call for measures that are "mutual and verifiable," a comprehensive freeze, almost by definition, would meet neither of those criteria. If the U.S. agreed to suspend all production of new nuclear weapons, then congressional watchdogs, Pentagon whistle blowers and investigative reporters would make sure that the ban was observed. There would be no similar self-policing in the secrecy-shrouded, security-obsessed U.S.S.R. Also, it would be extremely difficult for American intelligence agencies to monitor Soviet compliance with...
Both sides had earlier agreed to suspend the talks for a month and a half so the union could research health benefit plans and gather information pending reorganization of B&G management...
...Only last month the U.S., along with Britain and France, walked out of a meeting of the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna after it voted to refuse to recognize Israel's credentials as a member. In response Shultz announced that the U.S. would suspend the payment of $8.5 million in dues to the IAEA while Washington reconsiders its participation in the organization...
...looked at seriously by the participants " If anything, the White House attitude is echoed even more emphatically by Congress. Last April, at the urging of New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives passed a resolution calling on the U.S. to suspend its participation in the General Assembly if Israel were ever expelled. The greatest pressure for tough U.S. action is coming from conservative circles. In a forthcoming study, the Washington-based Heritage Foundation will take the U.N. to task for promoting a double standard on human rights, being consistently anti-American...