Word: vicious
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Organizations. Previously endorsed by 250 influential Israelis, the statement criticized "extremists" within the Israeli government who "distort Zionism and threaten its realization." Implicitly opposing the Begin policy of building more Jewish settlements in the West Bank, the statement also condemned those who "advance the vicious cycle of extremism and violence" and concluded that "their way endangers and isolates Israel." The statement, in the view of Brandeis University Professor Leonard Fein, was "a vote of no confidence in the present Israeli government by a significant segment of the American Jewish leadership...
...soldiers, with Thai acquiescence, habitually seek refuge in the border camps, replenish their food supplies and then return to Cambodia to fight. Thailand, like the U.N., the U.S., China and several other Asian states, has refused to recognize the Hanoi-sponsored Heng Samrin government, even though it succeeded the vicious, genocidal reign...
...deeply concerned about the unwarranted and vicious invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union and occupation by them of this innocent and defenseless country," the president told the assembled dignitaries and press corps...
...aerosol paint can is science's contribution to the ancient art of public defacement, and the vacant-minded or vicious are taking to it in ever-increasing numbers-gleefully spraying their names, initials, class numerals and favorite biological functions over national monuments and natural wonders. The taxpayers' bill for cleaning up after them is getting higher all the time...
...task is to face the Soviets with political firmness and sophistication. That means eventually resuming carrot-and-stick diplomacy?with an effective stick, to be sure, but also with the restoration of those carrots that the Soviets complain have been thrown away. Only thus can the superpowers reverse the vicious cycle of retribution and recrimination that is driving them toward more and worse confrontations. The suspense 18 years ago was who would blink first. The challenge now is for the superpowers to find some way of blinking simultaneously so that they can start looking at where to go from here...