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...referendum's 50 percent turnout requirement, a clause which caused confusion and subsequent protest. The clear familiarity with the specifies of the new government and the voting process thus diffuses any assertions that the vote signaled a resurgence of campus activism. Essentially, students voted against the status quo and nothing more, akin to booing a bad joke...
...Falklands and rally support around the Tory government. In the several days since the fortilla set sail, though, public opinion has calmed in England. Most British subjects could accept nominal Argentine sovereignty in exchange for the evacuation of troops and restoration of the status quo of the islands. Even the determined "Iron Lady" prime minister must now realize the untenability of defending the Falklands indefinitely against an Argentine attack. Setting the crisis peacefully would indeed be a win for the British government...
...avalanche tumbling across El Salvador, Hondouras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and then the shipping lanes of the Panama Canal. Wouldn't the United States be better off working toward genuine economic and social reform in those countries, improving our chance of long-term ties, rather than stubbornly endorsing the status quo and whining about the pernicious Cuban influence? The opportunity to serve our own best interests may have already passed in Nicaragua, but instead of wasting energy on bad theater, the Administration should begin addressing the questions of the real world...
...creditworthiness" on the international money market. On Oct. 1. 1980, the Financial Guardian also discounted the South African government's altruistic pretensions in soliciting the loan, and pointed to a long-term strategy designed to increase the stake of Western banks and governments in the preservation of the status quo in South Africa. Both journals agreed that the South African government was the sole initiator of the loan and its motives were purely self-interested...
Shortly after 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Dobrynin called me with a message that the Soviet Union would now acquiesce in a ceasefire in place, provided someone else introduced it in the Security Council. The timing was the worst possible for our strategy because the status quo ante had not been achieved; a victory of Soviet arms would be assured on all fronts. I stalled, telling Dobrynin we needed time to consider the proposal. Agnew's resignation as Vice President was due to be announced at 2 p.m.; this would prevent the President from turning to the Soviet proposal for hours...