Word: treating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...down. We should not use China to needle the Soviets. We need a long-term settled strategy that does not fluctuate with the ups and downs of our Moscow policy. We have a fundamental interest in the independence and territorial integrity of China. As China gets stronger, it may treat us with greater reserve; we should not delude ourselves about that. But in the next decade or so there will be a considerable parallelism of interest, which we should conduct soberly and really almost independently of our relations with the Soviet Union...
...political decisions. The same health or agrarian or educational objectives, no matter how narrow and immediate they may seem, can almost invariable be achieved by alternative routes, each with different consequences for the distribution of power and advantage and for the opportunities of popular militancy. It is pointless to treat this service activity as apolitical on the ground that it follows indigenous values. The officials with whom HIID deals in countries like Haiti and Indonesia are not in a position to speak for the desires of their people. Even if they were, the decision to support the majoritarian choice would...
...they were at large. Perhaps half of all prisoners are clearly dangerous, though various experts would argue that the percentage is greater or smaller. In any case, it is plain that a significant number could be set free without endangering the public. To find other ways to punish and treat such convicts would at once ease the problem of overcrowding and alleviate a great many pernicious problems related...
...Ayatullah Kazem Sharietmadari, second only to Khomeini in popularity, privately considers the embassy seizure an "abuse of Islam" and has told a confidant: "I have never been so worried in my life -not only about Iran but also about Islam's image." In places like East Africa, scholars treat Iran as an embarrassment...
...from the outside world bring them something worse. Two engineers arrive to oversee the laying of railroad lines that will forever end the isolation of the town. The local timber merchant, Pritykin (Gary Bayer), hopes to grasp the railroad-ties concession in his sweaty palms. But mostly the villagers treat the coming of the engineers as if it were a visit from royalty, bringing a scent of urbanity to their drab dismal lives...