Word: sustain
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After the House vote, the President began searching for other means to support the contras, but his options were limited at best. The Administration was quick to point out that it will not be involved in private efforts to sustain the rebels. Moreover, the Administration wants no part of the clandestine contra schemes of yesteryear. "There ain't going to be an Ollie North on this watch," said a senior White House aide grimly...
Whether Congress buys it or not, Reagan made clear last week that he is going to fight this one to the bitter end. In his State of the Union address, he entreated Congress to "sustain the freedom fighters." Two days later, when he unveiled his aid package, Reagan declared, "I didn't come to Washington to preside over the Communization of Central America...
Coach Rob Reilly's Cadets (7-13-2, 1-11-2) have a high mountain to conquer if they are going to defeat the first place Crimson. Last November at Bright Center, Army did not have the firepower to sustain a five-goal opening period barrage by Harvard that gave the host a 6-2 victory...
...first requesting money for the rebels and making the contras a cornerstone of his foreign policy, Reagan may be facing his final showdown over the fate of those he once likened to the Founding Fathers. Administration officials maintain that there are only enough military supplies in the pipeline to sustain the rebels through February. If the vote is no, Reagan will not be able to provide new funds until October, dangerously close to the end of his term, when his influence will be minimal. "If Congress votes down aid this time," Reagan warned last week, "the decision may well...
...shipload of Soviet cement late last year set off a modest building boom. "There has been no change in our overall aims," asserts Trade Minister Manuel Aranda da Silva. "But you can say that Frelimo has grown up and is now more mature." That growth will be hard to sustain, though, while the government fights for survival and nearly half its people cannot get enough food...