Word: approachers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...once a small group of only 200 revolutionary insurgents, now at the vanguard of the anti-Somoza movement with a combat force of over 1000 and widespread popular approval, especially in the poverty-stricken countryside. But regardless of their popularity, the FSLN can never succeed with a purely military approach. The strength of Somoza's power derives from his control of the 7500-member Guardia National, a combination army and secret police force trained and equipped by the U.S. The campesinosand slum-dwellers of Managua have no weapons to combat this counter-insurgent force; and their collective poverty further weakens...
...same for that long. Just last week, the Sandinistas launched another in a series of military offensives that began last October, engaging the National Guard in the villages of Granada, Rivas and Corinto. The Sandinista front has made a conscious effort to transcend their narrow revolutionary ideology and military approach, and instead enlist the support of all Somoza opponents in a pluralistic coalition. With the increasing political support of non-Socialist groups such as the Conservative Party and the "radical Christians," the Sandinista effort to topple the dictatorial Somoza regime appears bound for success...
...academic context of General Education. Although the students expressed an ardent belief in the values of liberal education, they underlined the contradiction between the goals of the General Education program and the specialized departments, arguing in a report that the "college should be fundamentally interdisciplinary in its approach to education". The committee proposed a possible concentration in Gen Ed which would be designed by each student individually, and suggested the creation of interdisciplinary seminars and tutorials. Yet the Faculty never accepted the students' proposals...
...This approach to governing is always disappointing. America still has some very fundamental problems to deal with. It seems obvious that the U.S. will have to bite the energy bullet--yet neither extensive conservation plans nor the development of alternative energy sources was legislated. It seems obvious that our current taxation and welfare systems are an unfair and unholy mess. The social security system has been edging toward bankruptcy for years. The federal bureaucracy has grown so huge and decentralized that it acts as both a quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial fourth branch of the government, yet there has been...
...boxing has a new outlook, and Ali will be back with a fresh approach. Don't think boxing's greatest is all done, because even at age 36, the former champ said after the fight, "I want to be the third man to regain the title...