Word: thrust
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...Administration's aid proposal was put most bluntly by Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Operations Subcommittee. In an emotional Senate speech, Inouye disputed the Administration's thesis that the Salvadoran guerrillas represent a Cuban-and Soviet-backed military thrust to produce a revolutionary domino effect in the U.S.'s backyard. He described the 22,000-member Salvadoran armed forces as violent and corrupt, and urged the Salvadoran government to open negotiations "with all parties to the conflict" before any additional U.S. military assistance is provided...
...critics do not question that honorable or holy men can hold such opinions. But, argues I.R.D. Spokesman Richard John Neuhaus, the church has a responsibility to maintain "a zone of truth which represents the full range of morally serious reflection." And the leftist thrust of the Protestant activists has not won the status of a moral truth. Says Methodist Bishops' President Crutchfield of those who want to rein in the God Box: "This is not merely a right-wing attack. These are people who believe in Christians' being involved in the life of the world. They just...
...Thrust into something they had never imagined would be part of their working lives, they told themselves the call might be a hoax. But they telephoned police. That decision was right. Almost everything that followed went tragically wrong. WHMA got its story, one of the more horrifying minutes of video footage ever recorded. The nation, and especially its journalists, got a troubling case study that prompted an overdue debate about whether some stories are worth getting...
...these reforms, Anderson said. "It would take a new party to provide the basic and central thrust...
...claim that the Phalangists bear "sole responsibility" for the Beirut massacres. Mr. Marks appears to have utterly missed the thrust of my argument when he quotes the inquiry report to support the above proposition. To reiterate the argument for his and others benefit: the factual findings of the commission of inquiry clearly substantiate that the Israelis provided extensive logistical support to the Phalangists. Reading the full record, one is left with the distinct impression that the Israeli military all but pulled the triggers, and swings the axes, which caused the deaths of over 1000 Palestinian and Lebunese civilians...