Word: americans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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PANAMA CITY, Panama--Soldiers in battle gear ringed U.S. military bases near the tense capital yesterday following the fatal shooting of an American officer in the worst confrontation between Panama and the United States in 25 years...
...Panamanian Defense Forces accused U.S. officers of a provocation without mentioning the American's death Saturday night...
Ehrenreich says PBHA will make up for the loss by gaining "respect." Wrong. Respect--and moral authority--are accorded to those humanitarian organizations which remain scrupulously apolitical, such as Amnesty International and the American Red Cross...
...liberals win, the '80s will be remembered--to paraphrase Jesse Jackson--as a dream for the few and a nightmare for the many. The decade saw political participation reach new lows and income inequality reach new highs. At current rates, 16 million American children will live below the poverty line in the year...
...conservatives win, the decade will go down as a triumph for the American way (translation: capitalism). Referring to the vast changes in Eastern Europe, conservatives will say that the wildly expensive military buildup at the beginning of the century paid...