Word: crucial
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Much credit for bringing the Patriotic Front back to the conference table went to leaders of the front-line African states (Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana and Angola), which provide crucial support to the guerrillas. Staggering under severe economic pressures, these countries have been urging their Patriotic Front wards to negotiate a settlement of the costly seven-year war. Frontline leaders were shocked by Carrington's strong-handed tactics and feared that the success of the talks was being "jeopardized" by a mere technicality. Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, a key sponsor of the Lancaster House talks, invited the other front...
...most crucial issue between you and the British became that of land nationalization and compensation. What will be the effect of your land policy...
...This is the most crucial stage and also the most difficult to handle. We're not just dealing with the shape of the transitional arrangements, but with the end of the war. With two armed military forces facing each other, it's not going to be easy to reach a ceasefire. What happens to the men? What happens to their equipment...
...Pittsburgh and with it MVP honors for himself for the second time in as many weeks. At 38, the Pirates' captain batted .400, drove in seven runs and pounded three home runs, adding four doubles to set a World Series record for extra-base hits. Perhaps more crucial, the imposing but soft-spoken first baseman helped to shore up his teammates' morale when, after slogging through some of the most miserable World Series weather in history, they fell behind Manager Earl Weaver's efficient Oriole machine, three games to one. "All we need is three...
Paul Soglin, former mayor of Madison, Wis., and a fellow at the Institute of Polities, took a different perspective, saying widespread political involvement is crucial for formulating the best policies...