Word: token
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...like the Frog, and the Pershing is like the Scud. In the overall considerations of how to avoid war, a balance of missilery can help. I look at the Pershing as a component of a strategy for deterrence, both psychologically and technologically. Also we are only asking for a token number of Pershings-fewer than...
...revolution" and to continue to build a socialist Portugal. But he also promised a "democratic pluralism" that he pointedly said would extend to the news media-a slap at the Communist unions that use the state-owned radio, TV and newspapers to spout the party line. Despite their token representation in the Cabinet, the Communists eye the new regime with scarcely veiled hostility. Party Leader Alvaro Cunhal told cheering followers in Lisbon's Campo Pequeno bull ring that if the government should move too far to the right, "we will join battle...
...city hall, one die-hard loyalist muttered that Carey and his aides were out to "destroy" the mayor. But the Board of Estimate, the city's principal governing body, decided reluctantly to support the Carey plan as the only alternative to default. In the end, after winning some token concessions from Carey, Beame gave...
...McNamara, many of the OPEC states "are likely to reduce their level of aid as their imports rise and their trade surpluses diminish." Economists argue, moreover, that some of the more radical demands will in fact prove to be self-defeating. By dangling the threat of nationalization with only token compensation, they are likely to discourage badly needed capital investment...
...other A.N.C. representatives who cannot enter the country without being arrested. Smith may also try to reach an agreement with Joshua Nkomo, who is known as the most moderate A.N.C. faction leader and the one with the widest political support within Rhodesia. If Smith could work out even a token power-sharing scheme with Nkomo, he just might be able to split the A.N.C. and ease the pressure from Vorster and Kaunda...