Word: thins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that point, U.S. patience began to wear thin. In Congress, Republican Senator Mark Hatfield called on the Administration to suspend military aid to Israel. Said he: "I am very much afraid that Israel's leaders of today have taken violence as their birthright." In the House of Representatives, eight members introduced a resolution demanding an investigation into a possible Israeli violation of American laws prohibiting foreign countries from using arms purchased from the U.S. for offensive purposes. In Bonn, Haig announced early Thursday evening that he would not accept Begin's invitation to go to Jerusalem, because...
...Brezhnev-Reagan summit in the fall: The more acute the situation, the more important that there be a dialogue. No matter how strained relations are, the thin thread of dialogue must not be broken, because without this thread, we will lose contact altogether, and events will get even more out of hand...
...across the border. All of Israel's military forces were fully mobilized, and troops throughout the rest of the were on alert. The Ministerial Committee, consisting of the Cabinet and military high command, met in Jerusalem to consider what step Israel might take next. The Middle East peace, thin as an eggshell at the best of times seemed on the verge of shattering...
...alumni talked to each other, and you could hear snatches of their conversations wherever you went "Wait a minute, didn't you....Yeah that's right....Hey, how about that....Honey, come take a look at this....You would not believe the way this used to be....kids, you thin you'd ever want...
Until the Falklands crisis, the Tory Party was registering a razor-thin lead, if any, over Labor and the newly formed alliance of Social Democrats and Liberals...