Word: undoes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...often before when confronted with decisive American action, the Soviets began to pull back. Late in the day Dobrynin reiterated his leaders' hope that we would not undo all that had been accomplished. "We will not under any circumstances let détente be used for unilateral advantage," I said. "Don't think we will accept a military setback in the Middle East...
...remedy for the current economic problems. For 20 years the U.S. has suffered from stop-go policies. As soon as unemployment started to climb, the battle against inflation ended. Then when prices began to jump, policy was reversed again. Said Feldstein: "The greatest danger is that we panic and undo all the gains we have achieved in reducing inflation and easing the burden of excessive federal spending...
...quite a turnabout. First, Ronald Reagan reversed a policy established by Congress, the courts and three previous Administrations, by revoking an Internal Revenue Service rule barring tax-exempt status for racially segregated schools. When the inevitable uproar ensued, the President backpedaled by proposing a law to undo what he had just done. Reagan insisted that he was firmly opposed to racial bias; his only concern, he said, was with a procedural principle-the belief that Congress, not the IRS, should exercise control over such rulings. The awkward performance raised serious questions about Reagan's haphazard policymaking apparatus as well...
Librarian, I am cold. Pray you. Undo this button. Thank you, sir. Do you not see the gazelle on the rushing waters? I know he looks at me ("What if Harry Levin wrote the poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay?"). I am sleepy and the oozy weeds about me twist. "Chirp...
...faced with an increasingly unfriendly U.S. Administration, might feel he has no choice. "He is scared," said an Israeli foreign ministry official. "Therefore, he may be hitting back." Gaddafi may believe the U.S. wants to kill him. "He has thought since the late 1970s that we were prepared to undo him," said a CIA official. "It is the behavior of America, preparing to assassinate me, to poison my food," said Gaddafi last week. "They tried many things to do this...