Reagan Doctrine: An aggressive U.S. foreign policy in 1981-87 in the second term od President Ronald Reagan designed to weaken the Soviet Union by targeting the overthrow of its weak allies in the Third World. [e]
Iran-Contra Affair: After the U.S. Congress barred funding the Contras through official channels the Ronald Reagan Presidency got caught funding them, "off the books", through illegal arms sales [e]
Bertie Ahern[r]: The longest serving Taoiseach (Prime Minister) in the history of Ireland. The tenth Taoiseach, 1997-2008. [e]
Taoiseach[r]: Taoiseach is the title given to the prime minister of Ireland. [e]
Ballistic missile[r]: A guided missile which, once its engines stop firing, follows a generally parabolic path to its target, defined by momentum, aerodynamic resistance, and gravity [e]
National technical means of verification[r]: Euphemism principally for imagery intelligence satellites and other means of strategic arms control verification, principally because the Soviet Union did not want its public to know that they could not prevent Western observation of the state [e]
Booker T. Washington[r]: (1856-1915) Born into slavery, he became the most prominent leader of the African American community in the early 20th century; wrote Up From Slavery. [e]