Word: upholding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...colleagues say her experience as a hostage left her deeply disillusioned with some aspects of American foreign policy. Reportedly, Swift's guards showed her documents captured in the embassy which she never knew existed and which seemed to run counter to some of the policies she was working to uphold. "She was deceived, double-crossed," one colleague says. "She has lost a few of her illusions...
...Administration tried hard to reduce the damage to its relations with Latin America. Secretary of State Alexander Haig wrote to members of the O.A.S. last week, assuring them that the U.S. is sensitive to their anticolonial concerns. He said that the U.S. sided with Britain only to uphold the all-important principle of nonaggression, which decrees that force should not be used to resolve international disputes. President Reagan wrote personal notes to five key Latin American leaders with a similar message. Said he: "My Government fully understands the deep national commitment of Argentina to recover the islands and its frustrations...
Israel talks tough; Mubarak vows to uphold the peace...
...mission is routine, uneventful. Nonetheless, in the back of every crewman's mind is the knowledge that submarines like theirs in the British navy are deployed in icy waters around the Falkland Islands. They are outriders of the British task force that has been dispatched to uphold the rule of law and a nation's honor. Those submarines may have to quit playing games and go into early combat. That thought is everywhere inside the Atlanta...
...Quakers, struggling to uphold the reputation of their mighty ancestors, the outcome. If not unexpected, had to be disappointing On court, the Quakers play like makes. But four seniors and three juniors occupy positions one through seven. Their only sophomore plays eight, and their only freshman takes the ninth spot...