Word: ters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fired back a missive to the Kremlin stating that his government's aim was "a suitable peace for all in a context of security for everyone." It was the Soviets, said Craxi, who had created "a [missile] disequilibrium which we find unacceptable." Danish Prime Minister Poul Schlüter, whose country has declined to accept nuclear missiles on its soil, responded that the Soviet leader's letter "gave me cause for disappointment and concern." British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher declared that she was "not greatly impressed...
Stenhouse joined the team's expanded ros- ter at the very end of last year, and tailed to get a hit in his one time...
...pulls a similar stunt in his section on "National Security Today and Tomorrow," where he goes into great detail on weaponry and training in the control of proposing curriculum reform at West Point. But he never answers what such reform is for, aside from bet- ter fighting "the Soviets." It remains unclear whether, with the Coloradan in the Oval Office, the United States would continue to fight Communism in the outreaches of El Salvador and Nicaragua. We may, upon prodding, answer these questions too, but it is disturbing to imagine a president who, when considering domestic and foreign problems, reacts...
...political cost of ignoring any proposal that could break the deadlock in the arms talks. In Copenhagen, Denmark's parliament has voted to freeze a $6 million contribution to NATO earmarked for the construction of new missile sites, causing considerable embarrassment for Conservative Prime Minister Poul Schlüter. During an acrimonious debate over nuclear policy in Britain's House of Commons, leaders of the Labor opposition charged Prime Minister Thatcher with "stony and callous indifference...
...medium-range nuclear weapons have drifted leftward. A greater number have moved to the right in protest against the ever increasing tax burden needed to maintain extensive welfare programs in stagnant economies. In September, Denmark got its first conservative Prime Minister in 81 years, Poul Schlüter, who immediately pushed through an austerity program. Belgium's Christian Democratic Prime Minister Wilfried Martens took office a year ago with the avowed aim of cutting back government spending. In a welter of political confusion, the Dutch are now moving toward a center-right coalition government that is committed to trimming...