Word: argentina
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...Argentina is basically a rich country, but mismanagement by an inept government brought on economic chaos. Capital, lent in a businesslike manner, can put Argentina back on its feet...
...nation nursing the wounds of war, the inauguration of a new President offered no cause for revelry. The brief, dour ceremony only provided a grim reminder of the instability that has long plagued Argentina: in the presidential palace, Casa Rosada, retired Major General Reynaldo Bignone, 54, was sworn in as the seventh President of the military regime that seized power six years...
...intermediary between the U.S. and Cuba over the crisis in Central America and has espoused the cause of the Marxist-Leninist Sandinista rulers of Nicaragua. On the touchy issue of the recent Falkland Is lands war, Lopez Portillo tried to have it both ways. His government supported Argentina's claim to sovereignty over the islands but also deplored the use of force in trying to settle the claim...
...begin. In the second half of the opening game between Belgium and Argentina two weeks ago, a Belgian forward, Erwin Vandenbergh, the former European scoring champ, got the World Cup off on a brand-new foot. A pass from Teammate Alex Czerniatynski landed at Vandenbergh's toe. He had slithered through the Argentine defense like a British SAS unit, and stood alone before the goal. The crowd of 95,000, including Spanish King Juan Carlos, quieted for a moment: tradition hung in the balance. Ever since the single opening game was instituted back in 1966-five World Cups...
...from 16 to 24. The soccer heavyweights complained. The inclusion of nations such as El Salvador, Northern Ireland and Algeria would merely prolong the first round, they muttered privately. Teams like Cameroon and Kuwait would bore the fans. New Zealand and Honduras would increase the probability that stars like Argentina's sensational Diego Maradona, Brazil's Zico and Germany's Karl-Heinz Rummenigge would suffer injuries...