Word: unrest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...oriented American foreign policy toward the Third World with this in mind. Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr. is travelling it. the Middle East this week to convince Arab and Israeli leaders to put aside their differences and unite against the Soviet Union. The administration has analyzed unrest in Central America quite graphically: a few weeks ago. Haig told a Congressional committee that the Soviet Union and Cuba had drawn up a "hit list" of countries in the region...
When these Japanese characteristics are brought into the modern factory, the result is a smoothly functioning enterprise that produces quality goods. This is most clearly seen in the easy working relationship of management and labor. Japan has fewer strikes and less labor unrest than any other major industrial power. In 1978 Japan lost 1.4 million workdays because of strikes, while the U.S. lost 39 million...
...Estaing, after years of bending over backward to avoid offending the Soviets, has belatedly realized that his foreign policy was out of tune with public opinion. The French voter has become increasingly wary of Moscow's motives in the wake of Afghanistan and the outbreak of unrest in Poland. Consequently, the election-minded President has executed a swift about-face. Since France is not a member of NATO's military command, it has no direct role in the U.S. missile-deployment plans. Yet Frenchmen have been virtually unanimous in embracing a need for vigorous self-defense ever since...
...hijacking climaxed nearly a month of mounting unrest in Pakistan, the most serious wave of opposition that General Zia's martial-law regime has faced since it came to power in a military takeover in 1977. The ferment began with a secret meeting in Lahore of representatives of seven opposition parties. With all political activity outlawed for the past 18 months, some politicians had to circumvent travel bans, while others sent surrogates...
...Kremlin's patience seemed to be running out faster than sugar in a Warsaw supermarket. After a surprise meeting with Polish Party Boss Stanislaw Kania and Premier Wojciech Jaruzelski in Moscow last week, Soviet leaders issued their toughest statement on Polish affairs since the outbreak of labor unrest eight months ago. The communique said that the Soviets expected their Polish comrades "to reverse the course of events and liquidate the perils looming over the socialist gains of the nation." The participants in the minisummit, which was presided over by Leonid Brezhnev and attended by five Soviet Politburo members, also...