Word: though
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...answer is yes, we should be able to find them as leaders of the various non-conservative political groups on campus. Already, you may see the trouble: the groups aren't all liberal (though some are) they aren't all radical (though a few are) and they aren't all anything else either...
...barter deals elsewhere. A crumbling transportation system has left crops rotting in the fields or in warehouses. Soviet citizens grumble that many of the delays are deliberate, the work of diehard local bureaucrats seeking to undermine Gorbachev. The very fact that many Soviets have been stockpiling foodstuffs at home, though it provides them a cushion against the future, has only added to the sense of shortages in the stores...
...spectacle of Gorbachev facing the anger of a hungry nation has led George Bush to decide that he is ready to consider asking Congress to waive the Jackson-Vanik Amendment, which bars Moscow from most-favored-nation trading status until freer emigration is allowed. Though Gorbachev has greatly loosened emigration restrictions, the Administration has insisted that the new policy must be written into law before trade limitations can be lifted...
...enthusiasm for a foreign military adventure is not great at a time when Soviet mothers are still mourning sons killed in Afghanistan. Saudi Arabia and Syria cringe at the idea of a conflict pitting Arab against Arab. They remain uncomfortable with being -- at least theoretically -- aligned with Israel, which, though it has no troops committed to the gulf, is undoubtedly in favor of striking Iraq. Waiting for war may not corrode strength of arms, but it does eat away at the heart...
...occult are given two massively illustrated layouts; the Holocaust merits less than half a page. In the section on American writers, James Baldwin stares out from a large color portrait, while Mark Twain is granted a small black-and- white snapshot, and Henry James is not seen at all, though oddly enough his house is. In the coverage of modern art, Georges Braque's painting is shown in black and white; Christo's sketch is in color. In order to furnish the third edition with a fresh look, two sections go under the gliterary titles of Colorpedia and Alphapedia. Translation...