Word: isolationists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...north of Boston, has already mastered the art of getting things done. He is a liberal with clout, and should continue to be effective in stopping and reversing the arms race and pushing for meaningful negotiations with the Soviet Union. A non-interventionist whose rhetoric occasionally borders on the isolationist. Shannon will nonetheless provide a strong opposition to President Reagan's tendency toward military adventurism...
...north of Boston, has already mastered the art of getting things done. He is a liberal with clout, and should continue to be effective in stopping and reversing the arms race and pushing for meaningful negotiations with the Soviet Union. A non-interventionist whose rhetoric occasionally borders on the isolationist, Shannon will nonetheless provide a strong opposition to President Reagan's tendency toward military adventurism...
...gruff-voiced Karnow, who began reporting from Southeast Asia in 1959 for Time and Life, makes a point of not capitalizing on isolationist sentiment aroused by Vietnam, though he understands that much of the interest among college-age students stems from just such a concern...
Karnow probably realizes that the increased awareness about Vietnam--which he obviously finds beneficial for the country--could be channeled into a more explicitly isolationist foreign policy and a butt-headed unwillingness among youth to involve itself in any military enterprise to defend the national interest...
...that Congress meddles too much in foreign policy, rarely giving a presidential initiative a full and fair chance. A former National Security Adviser to a Democratic President fears that the Democrats may this year produce a presidential candidate, a party platform and a campaign mood that will be strongly isolationist. Both Walter Mondale and Gary Hart shy too much from risk, which is always a part of leadership, this man believes...