Word: bipolar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...contained the expanding Russian influence in that region then the USSR would remain second to the US in a basically bipolar balance of power. If Washington could ensure its paramountcy in the region, control the access to its raw materials and be the watchman of its waterways, then it would have maintained a powerful leverage over western Europe and Japan. The "stability" of the international order depends on the containment of the liberation movements and the preservation of pro-US regimes in this strategic area more than in any other. Finally, a successful Persian Gulf intervention appears as the master...
...weak teams, and, naturally, the weaker ones must make concessions. San Diego and Texas agreed to give up about three-quarters of their games to rival teams. This provision of the balance system explains exactly how some teams can lose so many games and still remain in the bipolar alliance system of the American and National Leagues...
With the appearance of the WHA, the pro-hockey scene has been transformed into the paradigm of a bipolar model. Along with that second bloc of teams come all the crises and machinations of the typical dichotomous set-up. Deterrance--the art of producing in the mind of a player the fear to jump the league--dominates the hockey scene. Bobby Hull fell victim to this threat when he was denied a chance to play in last year's Canada-Russia series...
France is the only nation in the area with a truly effective foreign policy, independent of bipolar influences. But the double standard is such that when De Gaulle recognized China and moved toward détente with Russia, he was widely criticized; when Nixon did the same thing, he was hailed as a peacemaker...
...would be a reluctance to risk further involvement overseas; he and Nixon also understood the inherent instability of a bipolar world...