Word: transforming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While billions are spent on defense overkill-more weapons than could ever be needed-we seem to have completely lost control of crime and the conditions that breed it. When Americans see fit to wall in their residential areas and pay to transform their loving pets into vicious guard dogs, our plight is tragic indeed...
Whatever happens next, the U.S. has little choice but to stay put in Lebanon for a while. To do otherwise would be to jeopardize the Gemayel government, alienate other moderate Arab regimes, radically reduce Washington's influence and prestige throughout the Middle East, and transform that region into an unchallenged target of opportunity for the Soviet Union. So the U.S. strategy will be to maintain the military commitment, probably at roughly the present level, until such time as a central Lebanese government is able to stand...
...this point, Moore has charted a persuasive, even gripping tale. Then comes a narrative twist that is doubtless meant to transform a mystery story into serious fiction, if not high art. But Moore's tricky turn leads to a conclusion of ineffable silliness, involving the improbable apparition of the Virgin Mary in California. It gives nothing essential in the plot away to disclose that in this whodunit the perpetrator...
...prepared to go along with it. In a series of meetings that stretched over three days, U.S. officials assured Gemayel that they would stress to the Israelis that any redeployment should be the first stage of a complete pullout. To assuage Gemayel further, the Administration also agreed to transform $150 million in loans to the Lebanese into outright grants. But by the time Reagan met with Gemayel for two hours last Friday, it was clear that the U.S. had no new strategies. Said a senior American diplomat: "Frankly, the best we can do for Lebanon is work with them...
...life honors the continuance of life. If the rest of the year children throw mud at the deity, or whip it with sticks, or urinate on it, the long-suffering peasant Dosojin will still be cleansed by the festival night fires and will re-emerge to quicken and transform and again unify men's souls...