Word: vivendi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...managing the conclusion of any crisis, perhaps the most critical moment occurs when the opponent appears ready to settle; then it is the natural temptation to relax. This is almost always a mistake; the time for conciliation is after the crisis is surmounted and a settlement or modus vivendi has been reached...
...Kennedy-Khrushchev understanding, some aspects of which are still secret, established what has been a modus vivendi for the two superpowers: the U.S. agrees not to invade Cuba, and in exchange the Soviets pledge not to base offensive weapons in the country...
...other religious group in the Soviet Union to practice their faith. The mosques are full on Fridays and holy days, and small delegations have been allowed to leave the country to take part in the hajj. Muslim leaders, the muftis, have apparently worked out a kind of modus vivendi with the government; in exchange for being allowed to practice their religion they often support the government on major policy questions. Any kind of Islamic resistance to the Soviet system would probably emerge from a large network of Sufi brotherhoods, ultraconservative secret societies that are banned by Soviet law. Sufi adherents...
...Communist countries, if they could be started at all, could be interminable. Hungarian negotiations began under Pope John XXIII and are not yet concluded. The difficulty of winning back religious liberties once they are lost could prompt the new Pontiff to think long and carefully before reaching any modus vivendi with Eurocommunism in any of its national guises. At the same time, Wojtyla is living proof that a healthy church can survive under Communism...
...reconciliation" between Zaire and Angola, both of whose regimes have supported insurgent movements on the other's territory. And the Secretary moved almost as fast as he spoke. Within 24 hours, U.S. Diplomat Donald F. McHenry was en route to Luanda to search for a new modus vivendi with Neto...