Word: threatened
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...policy: "You cannot reconcile detente with attempts to make China some sort of military ally of NATO." A Western diplomat also cautioned: "I wonder if an economically and militarily powerful China by the year 2000 would be an unmitigated blessing for American interests. Would a China strong enough to threaten Russia in nuclear terms not constitute any threat...
...missed deadline was especially unfortunate because a peace pact would have brought a welcome measure of stability to the Middle East at a time when the troubles in Iran threaten to plunge the entire region into turmoil. With the Shah's crown slipping and Sadat's peace initiative stalling, the moderate Arab camp is becoming increasingly vulnerable to attacks from radicals. A defeat of the Middle East's moderates would be a monumental setback for Western interests...
Dean Allison also contends that rejecting the Engelhard gift would threaten the "independent pursuit of learning" at the Kennedy School. His full statement reveals, however, the fundamental truth--Dean Allison believes that the well-being of Harvard University is dependent on contributions frequently earned in immoral ways. One does not have to be a university professor of semantics to recognize the blatant contradiction in Dean Allison's remark...
...possibility of such bias, a newspaper might ideally eliminate all advertising. This, of course, it cannot do, since advertising income is necessary for its publication, and because there are legitimate informational functions of advertising. However, a newspaper does have the right to restrict advertising--a right which does not threaten legitimate free speech--and to restrict it in not just the exceptional cases...
...welcome large margins of economic liberalism. He also fails to point out that states are more than just receptacles of ideas. They have also become brokers of power, based on their natural resources and geopolitical positioning. This means that the U.S. cannot hope to continue dominating them, or to threaten them, indefinitely; it must also learn to bargain and cooperate with them. Another problem is that the state apparatus and the people of these nations are not synonomous. Presumably the point of a foreign policy with ideological content is to foster an appreciation of the Western conception of individual rights...