Word: furthers
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Reagan wisely chose to wear a white hat. "It's harmful and it's shameful because whether we're on opposite sides or not, we ought to be trying to pull the country together, not tear it apart," he lectured the President, obviously pleased at not being...
Brown's defense for going public was that he had no choice. Once widely publicized leaks about Stealth began appearing, he argued, it made sense to disclose as much as he could in order to create a "firebreak" that would contain further public discussion. To deny the story, as...
But then Gierek's plan ran into a combination of bad luck and hurdles endemic in the Communist system. Recession in the West curbed appetites for Polish exports. Bad harvests forced Warsaw to buy increasing amounts of food abroad. Meanwhile, the government lost control of the development program and...
Foreign assistance will help, but only to some extent. The Soviet Union has promised $690 million in goods and hard currency. President Carter has pledged $670 million in credits for U.S. grain and other foodstuffs. Western banks have arranged for new loans totaling $1 billion. These are stopgap measures. Polish...
In May, however, when the generals had failed to lift martial law and set a timetable for a transfer of political power to an elected civilian government, violent uprisings erupted in Seoul, Kwangju and other cities. Kim was arrested and indicted on six charges, including the capital crimes of sedition...