Word: virtually
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Prince Souvanna's first reaction was to accuse the U.S. Government of plotting against him. His next move amounted to public admission that with his support on the right vanishing, he had become a virtual prisoner of the Communist Pathet Lao guerrillas-who happen to be headed by his half brother, Prince Souphanouvong. Under pretext of negotiations with Souvanna, the Pathet Lao have ringed his jittery capital of Vientiane with 2,000 to 4,000 men, and not only civilians but Souvanna's soldiers as well must now get passes from the Pathet Lao to clear the Communist...
...newspapers, radio and TV commentators beat the drums, the country went on a virtual war footing. The government recalled troops to barracks, ordered militiamen to assembly points, and deployed thousands of men along the fortified beaches on the south coast between the provinces of Pinar del Rio and Camagüey. Using the "threat to Cuba" as a whiplash to complete the country's Communization, Castro's government warned workers to get into the militia or be classified as "traitors or cowards...
...independent deterrent force would have brought down the government. In the Fifth Republic, the danger lies outside Parliament-the loss of confidence in De Gaulle himself. So far, De Gaulle's answer to opposition has been to make frequent tours of the country, presenting himself in a virtual continuous popular referendum that he has no trouble winning. But even De Gaulle has sensed discontent in the air, and politicians who accompanied him on Tour No. 12 to eastern France came away persuaded that the President will soon propose "something" to end the Algerian deadlock...
...other activities that can be better performed by lower levels of government or by private institutions or by individuals.") Goldwater goes on to denounce the graduated income tax as "immoral" ("I do not believe in punishing success.") He proposes a series of foreign policy moves that includes virtual withdrawal of support (if not membership) from the United Nations, cessation of foreign aid to all but reliable allies, encouragement and actual prosecution of military action against "vulnerable Communist regimes," and withdrawal of diplomatic recognition from all Communist states...
...same false alternatives, it is not surprising that the peace movement produced an analogue to the military dream of "preventive war." Both sides seek an escape from mounting tension: while the one has fantasies of crushing the enemy once and for all, the other resigns itself reluctantly to virtual appeasement...