Word: handly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...FRENCH COMMUNIST PARTY suffers because it rejects the existing social order while seeking a bigger role in it. Total political integration would force the party to abandon its revolutionary character, thereby risking the loss of working class support; on the other hand, total isolation spells political impotence. Unable to choose, the party survives by oscillating between the two and by dishing out an ideological bouillabaisse that offers everything without clarifying anything. When forced to take a stand, as with the outbreak of the Cold War in 1947, or the recent invasion of Afghanistan, the party falls apart. Too weak...
...retrospect, the use of force was admittedly premature, and is being thoroughly investigated by my government. On the other hand, as events in Iran have demonstrated, failure to act can also carry a horrible price...
...tied with 22 each. During the next two weeks, Reagan has a chance to increase his lead and even possibly to knock one or two rivals out of contention?especially Connally, if he runs poorly in South Carolina, where he is staging a $1 million blitz. On the other hand, Bush has an opportunity to solidify his standing as Reagan's chief rival, and he would not have to win in the Southern primaries to do so but merely finish close to Reagan...
Denying that the original vote condemning the resolution was allying with "Israel's enemies," McHenry said "when we counsel a country not to violate the law, or to create obstacles to peace, or to make more difficult a final resolution, we are acting in Israel's interests and not hand in hand with Israel's enemies...
Despite assurances of a fair trial, the government has taken steps to hinder the activities of defense lawyers, van Derwees said. Among the restrictions: they will have only three days to examine evidence collected by the government and will be allowed only to hand copy those materials; they will be permitted to meet with the defendants for only 40 minutes to discuss strategy, and the Taiwan Garrison Command, a secret police agency, will record those meetings; and they will not be able to cross-examine prosecution witnesses...