Word: dovishly
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...force, however, is something the ) U.S. is exploring, though for the moment not pushing. It would further turn up the heat on Saddam and might spur him either to withdraw from Kuwait or to launch a pre-emptive strike that would justify an allied counterattack. But dovish allies want other options pursued first. In addition, the U.S. and its allies would need ironclad assurances that China would not veto the resolution in the Security Council, and they have yet to begin seriously exploring conditions for Beijing's approval. The U.S. is counting on other U.N. resolutions to help cement...
Articulate and quick to quote theorists, statistics and court decisions, Anderson can discourse for hours on the evils of abortion, promiscuity, affirmative action, dovish military policies, women in combat, overtaxation, overspending, overregulation and the "intolerance of the left...
...hard to imagine four more explosive words in the semantic minefields of the Middle East. Most Israelis consider East Jerusalem liberated, not occupied. Even the most dovish government would insist on an undivided Jerusalem as the permanent capital of Israel...
...economic competition more than military power. On that front, as Bush pointed out, the nation has a great deal to accomplish -- restoring fiscal health, improving education standards, modernizing industry. Rethinking America's military needs is an important place to start. Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, now at the dovish end of the military spectrum, says the Pentagon's budget could be cut 50% by the end of the decade. "We could powerfully enhance our status as a world power, strengthen our military security, and redirect resources to more deserving sectors of our economy," he told TIME...
...wily foe of the West, miraculously shares Safire's gift for language, describing his political philosophy as "improvisationism" and his goal as creating in Europe "a Balance of Impotence until Russia can rebuild." That is the joy of Safire's sonnets -- they are too much fun for even dovish dissenters to resist...