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...themselves to make a series of lesser, primarily cosmetic concessions. Their hope was that by demonstrating flexibility every few months, they could induce the West Europeans to postpone deployment in order to give the negotiations a chance. Then, by dragging out the extended negotiations, the Soviets could make postponement tantamount to cancellation...
...government also was heartened by the way Reagan handled the topic of human rights, a prickly issue between the two countries since the days of the Carter Administration. South Korean President Chun Boo Hwan sees dissent as grist for the propaganda mills of North Korea and thus tantamount to treason. Reagan has some sympathy for Chun's position, and during the visit he applauded South Korea for its "continued progress toward the broadening of democracy." At one point, during a reception at the U.S. embassy, the President's text called for him to mention "human rights." Aware that...
...Department did not acknowledge any Government misconduct, but decided against fighting the case on the ground that the evacuation program was "an unfortunate episode in our nation's history" that would best be "put behind us." U.S. District Judge Marilyn Patel pronounced the Government's mealymouthed statement "tantamount to a confession of error." She added that the Supreme Court's decision was "based on unsubstantiated facts, distortions and misrepresentations...
...soon to withdraw our forces. Beyond giving in to intimidation, such a move would be tantamount to giving half--if not all--of Lebanon to the Syrians. For the time being, we must stay in and continue working for a modicum of stability. Only when the Syrian problem is dealt with can we withdraw...
...Dean Burnham's apt phrase. Nationally, some 41 percent of 17.6 million voting-age Afro-Americans are not registered (compared to 34 percent of voting-age whites) and in the South (whose electoral votes will be crucial in 1984) the situation is worse still. Voter apathy among Blacks is tantamount to political suicide in today's neo-conservative era, as seen in Alabama in 1980 where Reagan won by a mere 17,462 votes while some 272,390 Black folks could not vote because they were unregistered...