Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...base in Panama, has used clandestine radio appeals and fax messages to invite senior military officers to join him in a coup. These colonels are thought to be opposed to Noriega's acceptance of Cuban advisers and weapons, as well as $20 million in Libyan aid. Many enlisted men, unhappy about poor pay and the corruption above them, are also receptive...
...Takeshita handed out $6 billion for 42 Chinese development projects over the six-year period from 1990 through 1995, almost doubling his country's aid to the mainland regime. In return, the Chinese government awarded Japan an investment-protection agreement that gives Japanese investors the same tax status and other benefits enjoyed by Chinese companies...
...procedure usually takes less than an hour and requires no stitches. Patients walk out of the hospital with only a Band-Aid over the incision. Recalls Sheila Aronoff, who had the surgery at Allegheny General last year: "I could feel the pain start to leave while I was in the recovery room. Except for those whose jobs require physical labor, the vast majority of patients are back at work in a week or two. Discomfort is rare: most patients need only a non-narcotic analgesic, if anything. Says Onik: "The biggest problem is keeping them from doing too much...
...Soviet imperial withdrawal? The answer is not a colony's proximity to the Soviet Union, nor its ideological purity, nor the amount of Soviet investment. The single factor that best predicts a Soviet retreat is the strength and consistency of foreign support for the anti-Soviet resistance. American aid to the Afghan resistance has been massive, and the policy has ( enjoyed universal support at home. The Soviets are retreating. In Cambodia and Angola, American support for the guerrillas has been less intense but still generally bipartisan. Moreover, China and South Africa have provided steady support to the anti-Soviet forces...
...Pakistan the West's bulwark in Southwest Asia. He welcomed some 3 million Afghan refugees who poured over Pakistan's western border to escape the civil war, and enthusiastically helped ship U.S. and Chinese arms to the Afghan rebels. His reward: more than $700 million this year in U.S. aid. Secretary of State George Shultz last week called Zia a "great fighter for freedom." Shultz led the U.S. delegation to Zia's Saturday funeral in Islamabad, which was thronged by 200,000 mourners. Robert Oakley, the Near East expert for the National Security Council, has been designated...