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Enders is determined that the U.S. keep struggling toward "away between Somoza and Sandino" a referance to the late U.S.-backed dictator Anastasio Somoza for Nicaragua and the anti-American guerrilla Augusto Cesar Sandino, for whom Nicaragua's ruling leftist Sandinista movement is named. The alliterative phrase He as an Enders aide said, a rueful reminder that Nicaragua is "gone." He considers El Salvador pivotal because if moderates fail to maintain power there, then to Guatemala and even Costa Rica are vulnerable to insurgency...
...between 25 and 40 Miskito villages, allegedly killed an estimated 200 inhabitants and resettled 8,500 to 10,000 more at internment camps in the Nicaraguan interior near Rosita and Siuna. Reason for the Sandinista campaign: the Miskitos, some of whom fought alongside the Sandinistas to overthrow Nicaraguan Dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle, had begun to chafe under Sandinista rule. Some were even known to have joined forces with anti-Sandinista exiles across the Honduran border...
When the Sandinistas overthrew Anastasio Samoza in 1979, the U.S. deserved no credit. President Jimmy Carter long supported the hated dictator, pressuring him to step down only when it became clear a Marxist victory was likely. Still, the new Nicaraguan government was eager to maintain good relations with the United States. But Washington responded by denying Nicaragua all trade and aid, a move that forced the Sandinistas to look elsewhere for help. Moscow was only too happy to oblige...
Coach John Dooley had rearranged the Man's forward times prior to the game to concentrate scoring power in the unit. The experiment worked brilliantly for Harvard, as the new combination of Carroll, Kristy Anastasio, and Katrinka Leschey racked up five goals and eight assists collectively...
Harvard opened up a 2-0 lead on first period goals by Firkins Reed and Jennifer White and then extended the margin to 6-0 during the second an Liz Ward and Carroll each score twice. Three goals by Hurley, two from Anastasio, and another from Carroll continued the deluge in the third period...