Word: april
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...government portfolios and political legitimacy along with their military strength. Attending the Paris conference last week, Secretary of State James Baker said, "The United States strongly believes that the Khmer Rouge should play no role in Cambodia's future." That statement was an improvement on one he made in April, when he accepted the inclusion of the Khmer Rouge in a coalition as "a fact of life." Last week he went on to say that American support for a new Cambodian government "will directly and inversely depend on the extent of Khmer Rouge participation...
Maybe. But six weeks after the Webster decision, pro-choice forces may be squandering their newfound energy in a debilitating squabble. One divisive issue is whether to stage another abortion-rights megamarch on Washington, like the one that drew at least 400,000 to the nation's capital last April, or to direct the energy and money required to mount such a colossal demonstration toward the more productive but less mediagenic grass-roots political organizing...
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...backlash, they did concur on the causes of the L.D.P. rout. The vote amounted to a referendum on the party's arrogant and scandal-tainted performance in recent months. The downslide began with a bribery and influence-peddling scandal that forced the resignation of Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita last April. The L.D.P. further alienated voters, especially women, by imposing a controversial 3% consumption tax. In agreeing to liberalize agricultural imports, the party angered farmers, long the chief pillar of its support. The final straw came just weeks after Uno was named Prime Minister, when his supposedly spotless reputation was soiled...