Word: tiered
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...tragedy of Afghanistan is simply its geography: it lies along the eastern tier of the "crescent of crisis," which in an oil-short world has become strategically vital to both the West and the Soviet Union. Can the Soviets subjugate the Afghans indefinitely? Pentagon experts doubt that Afghanistan ever could become Moscow's "Viet Nam," pointing out that Soviet supply lines to Afghanistan are short and the local population relatively small: 14 to 18 million. But some historians argue that the traditional fierceness of the Afghans is a quality that defies measure. In January 1842, after an adventure in Afghanistan...
...also betting on the U.S. in its fight against terrorism. His spirited support for cooperation, for letting American troops into what Russia has for centuries seen as its backyard, has provoked unease among many within the rank and file of the Russian military and government. "There exists a two-tier attitude toward the U.S. presence," says Alexei Malashenko, scholar-in-residence at the Carnegie Moscow Center. "Explicitly, Russian leaders quite sincerely welcome the antiterrorist operation in the area. Implicitly, they fear that the U.S. has come there to stay...
...suggests hammering out a two-tier system, in which contractors make some housing for low-income people and some for middle-income residents...
...important as church attendance, says evangelical leader Chuck Colson, is that "people are asking all the right questions." Houston pastor Ed Young elaborates: "What do I know about God, who am I, where did I come from, why am I here, where am I going?" A second tier of issues has arisen around the question of war. Muslims and others have been doing furious research on the concept of jihad. Traditional antiwar denominations like Quakers and Church of the Brethren are challenging the more common Christian concept of the just war. Some mainline Protestants, Buddhists and other religious liberals have...
...second thing was the rise in nationalism in areas which had been frozen, such as the southern tier of the Soviet Union. Yugoslavia is another example, but it happened everywhere. You can see in some ways a world that is dangerous in a different...