Word: furthering
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Zhelev's victory threw the former Communists into further disarray: several party branches and many prominent officials immediately announced that they would break away from the Socialist Party. Reformers, who were planning a purge of the Old Guard at a party congress in October, welcomed the resignation threats. So did...
America's resolution came very late -- almost too late -- in the game. Now the slow reactions that helped produce World War II are weighing anew on decision makers' minds in the wake of Iraq's anschluss with Kuwait. A consensus is taking shape that Saddam Hussein should be punished. More...
With no plausible short-term military options, the response of the West, led by the U.S., can initially be only economic. American diplomats set to work last week at the United Nations and in world capitals to produce a resolution imposing comprehensive sanctions. The object is to keep Iraq from...
Despite the anxiety in the markets and a surge of price gouging at the pumps, experts agree that Shock No. 3 is not imminent -- unless there is further military action in the gulf. The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait should not have an appreciable impact on the world's oil supply...
"We have contingency plans that could result in the insertion of up to 200,000 to 250,000 ground forces before it's all done," said the source, who spoke on condition that further identification be withheld. Such moves could take up to two months, the source said.