Word: wayes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other SALT issues, Baker was fuzzy in a way that suggested that he was trying to allow for the possibility of having to reverse field on the treaty. He criticized, for instance, the fact that the Soviet Backfire bomber was left out of the treaty. At the same time, he seemed to suggest that he might settle for some measure short of counting Backfire under SALT, such as a Senate resolution calling on the U.S. to develop an equivalent bomber, which would be permitted under the treaty. On balance, however, Baker was so adamant about opposing the agreement that...
...poor man's alternative to the gas chambers is the open sea. Today it is the Chinese Vietnamese. The Cambodians have already been added to the list of people who are going to die. Why not Thailand tomorrow, and Malaysia, Singapore and others who stand in the way of Viet Nam's dreams...
...such operation is run by a 100-member triad, or gang, called the Big Circle. One of the gang's ploys is to send a group of its members picnicking near the border; there they pick up IIs and escort them back into the city. Others come by way of Portuguese-run Macao, where "snakeheads" smuggle them in by motorized junk, for prices ranging upwards of $1,000. A few try to swim to freedom, wearing life jackets made of pillowcases stuffed with table tennis balls, or, in at least one case, a pair of water wings fashioned from...
...dispatched to the strife-torn land. Nonetheless, in a 17-to-2 vote from which the military governments in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Chile and Uruguay abstained, the OAS approved a resolution calling for "the immediate and definitive replacement" of Somoza's regime. The resolution cleared the way for the rebel junta to gather more support from anti-Somoza forces both inside and outside the country...
...with the general itinerary of Jimmy Carter's Middle East Ambassador Robert Strauss, who will be visiting the area this week, the Administration's troubleshooter seemed unconcerned. "Henry even called me up to make sure his trip would not complicate things for us," said Strauss. "In no way does he intend to get involved in our work...