Word: avoiding
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Former California Gov. Ronald Reagan and arch-conservative Rep. Philip M. Crane (R-Ill.) unabashedly admit they want to emphasize spending on a military buildup over solving domestic problems. George Bush prefers to avoid issues altogether in a manner dangerously reminiscent of a president we did have to train. Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr. (R-Tenn.) opposes the vital Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II). And former Texas Gov. John B. Connally amply showed the extent of his geopolitical understanding when he called Sadegh Ghotbzadeh "a KGB agent, or at least a Marxist," the other night...
...aggression might come any place in the world where Soviet interests are handicapped by narrow waterways or other confining geography. By standing so firm, by being aggressively resolute, by sending a sharp signal to Moscow, and by being moderate in demands, the President is convinced, this nation "can best avoid...
...play a part in Giscard's cautious attitude; he will be up for re-election in May 1981. Wary of accusations from his conservative rival, Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac, that he has abandoned the Gaullist tenets of independence in foreign policy, the President seemingly bends over backward to avoid leaving opponents any room for maneuvering. Such prudence may be excessive. The continued split between France's Communists and socialists, which was aggravated by Party Boss Georges Marchais's overt support for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, makes Giscard perhaps the most comfortably ensconced political leader...
Miller's power ultimately rests on his retaining the confidence of Jimmy Carter. The Treasury Secretary was originally popular around the White House because he was a team player who defended Administration policy in public. But Carter has been warned by advisers to avoid an all-out "My Boy Bill" defense of Miller. Says Brookings Institution Economist Joseph Pechman: "Even if he continues to preside over economic policy, the President himself will naturally lose some confidence as a result of this episode." Impressions of Miller's vulnerability are already seeping into the business community. Concludes Bank of America...
...suppose that we who deal with the Third World could limit ourselves to the few Costa Ricas of the world and thereby avoid the contamination of guilt by association. However, the real challenge, the real opportunities to change the world into a better place through advice and influence are in those countries which need it most. I would hope that HIID would continue to operate in that philosophy under its new director, and, while recognizing that there are some regimes of such questionable legitimacy as to call for complete dissociation, be generally available to Third World countries, as responses...