Word: aide
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more than 40 years, the U.S. has held sway in Asia by a combination of Pax Americana and the almighty dollar. Uncle Sam has defended his friends against Communist expansionism while providing aid and guaranteeing markets. Now Mikhail Gorbachev's Soviet Union is behaving less like the Big Bad Bear. The Soviets may well close their naval and air facilities in Viet Nam and continue to foster peace on the Korean peninsula. Many in the area believe it is only a matter of time before the U.S. withdraws from its own bases in the Philippines and removes its ground troops...
...student representatives of the main rebel guerilla organization in El Salvador last night attacked what they called an oppressive Salvadoran government and asked for an end to U.S. aid...
Hernandez denied that the FMLN has drawn communist support. "Well, truly until now that has been the propaganda of the U.S. government and El Salvador," Hernandez said. "But in truth, in the 10 years of FMLN, no one can find proof that we've received aid from Cuba or Russia...
Established in 1987 as the nation's first legal aid center for AIDS patients, the clinic deals with the sensitive legal issues surrounding the spread of the disease...
...School Council had written Clark a letter last week expressing concern about academic freedom, housing and the Low Income Protection Plan, which allows students to write off their financial aid debts to the Law School if they take lowpaying, public-service jobs after graduation...