Word: vacuum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Africa. Britain, whose withdrawal would be particularly important, simply cannot afford divestiture And government and business leader of other European countries although not ecnomicaly constrained told the Rocheteller commission umn that divestiture was out of the question. If the United State, were to pull out on its own the vacuum would probably be tilled by foreign and South African firms eager to expand their market shares...
...Kimpo Airport in Seoul, friends and families awaiting Flight 007 endured a roller-coaster of worry, falsely raised joy and final sorrow. They waited for five agonizing hours for some word of the missing plane's fate. Rumors filled the vacuum. The 747 had been hijacked. No, it had been forced to land on Soviet soil. Then official confirmation. A KAL spokesman said on the p.a. system that the airliner was safely down on Sakhalin. Everyone should leave telephone numbers and await word on the reunion. Cheers filled the terminal. Another 13 hours passed before the reality came from...
...Defense Minister, had been the chief architect of Israel's misadventure in Lebanon, attacked him for having "sold out" to the Americans. The redeployment, which the Israelis were anxious to carry out in order to reduce their casualties, started late last week, leaving behind it an inevitable power vacuum. The area being evacuated in the Chouf Mountains southeast of Beirut is shared by the Druze and Christians, who have been alternately allies and enemies for centuries. Anticipating the Israeli move, socialist Druze and right-wing Christian militiamen have engaged in escalating clashes for the past ten months...
...Africa. Britain, whose withdrawal would be particularly important, simply cannot afford divestiture And government and business leaders of other European countries, although not economically constrained, told the Rockefeller commission unequivocally that divestiture was out of the question. If the United States were to pull out on its own, the vacuum would probably be filled by foreign and South African firms eager to expand their market shares...
...assassination has created a serious leadership vacuum in the opposition and dimmed the chances for stability after Marcos...