Word: directing
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...World War II: in a blitzkrieg involving an estimated 50,000 soldiers, supported by tanks and helicopter gunships, the Soviet army crashed across the Afghan border to take control of a country that had not been a member of the Soviet bloc. By forcefully expanding its international sphere of direct control, the Kremlin in effect had violated a fundamental ground rule of East-West relations. In a meeting with his top aides, Carter said sternly that the Soviet invasion is "a quantum jump in the nature of Soviet behavior. And if they get through this with relative political and economic...
Last week, therefore, Washington clearly had to consider more direct and tough measures, although one Administration aide admitted that "we don't have any trump card that will force the Soviets out of Afghanistan." Carter realized that this crisis differed radically from that in Iran. If the hostage situation played to his strengths?patience, caution and carefully calibrated movements?the Soviet invasion called for something else. For guidance, Carter dusted off a 150-page analysis that had been prepared in 1968 by State Department experts on the possible U.S. reactions to the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. Reports TIME Correspondent Johanna...
...delighted that Mr. Williams has accepted our invitation," Morris said. "It brings a dynamic blend of conducting and composing talents to our orchestra. We've said all along that the person we wanted should be someone who would direct the future of the Pops with great creativity and energy. We believe that Mr. Williams is the ideal choice...
...Soviet brand of Marxist Leninism. The Radical movement has been essentially pragmatic, nurtured by American needs and not by a closed system imposed from abroad. Though the Left since 1960 may appear disturbingly complex and even incoherent, it developed its own character by emphasizing immediate results and direct action, usually individual action. But what Marxists may label mere civil liberties or reformist movements, Lader cities as significant in that they "sowed the seeds of rebellion" that often led to far more radical organizing...
...establishment; neither foreign policy gains nor military advantage can be garnered in this way. However, cooperation on such matters as SALT is essential and should continue, but detente as a whole becomes a dead letter if the fruit of the policy is such actions as the Afghanistan invasion. Similarly, direct U.S. military intervention is wholly inappropriate; the U.S. must preserve the distinction between itself and the U.S.S.R. and avoid the use of its own military forces to destroy a nation...