Word: warred
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Senate from 1945 to 1974, holding the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his last 16 years, longer than any other senator in history. He also developed the educational exchange program that bears his name and, as a freshman member of the House, sponsored a war-time resolution that supported America's entrance into the United Nations...
...senator, Fulbright came up with some of the most controversial interpretations of U.S. policies and events, ranging from the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s to the Guatemalan intervention in 1965 to the war in Vietnam. Fulbright's thoughtful policy analyses and objections earned him the animosity of some colleagues in the Senate, as well as some executive officials, but that seems to bother Fulbright little, if at all. He begins his new book The Price of Empire, "If I am remembered, I suppose it will be as a dissenter...
...current state of U.S. foreign policy in his new book, he is able to draw on a wealth of knowledge and experience. Littered with anecdotes, The Price of Empire is a series of enlightening reflections on the key points and trends in U.S. foreign policy since the Second World War...
...History has told us," Hernandez said, "that the only way to stop war is by expressing opinions in the streets, like Vietnam...
...wishes to do justice to the memory of a courageous youth, and to match his fervence for symbolism with action and understanding, it is time that Bush and other government officials begin in earnest the war on drugs. Because, in an all too true sense, the war has already begun...