Word: assaultive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Police said they are investigating the incidentas an assault and attempted unarmed robbery...
...city's Westbury Mall was reduced to a heap of wreckage up to 14 ft. deep. The adjacent Waterford Square apartment complex was flattened. Most of the fatalities occurred at those two sites, as shoppers and residents had no time to flee the storm's assault. Terri-Lynn Frasher, 16, had been taking a shower in her apartment; she was pinned under a sink and vanity when her walls collapsed. Gashed by a broken mirror, she was pulled naked from the building. "I can't even say I lost everything but the clothes on my back," she said wryly from...
...motives behind the F.M.L.N. offensive were far from clear. The extent of the assault prompted speculation that the guerrillas were hoping a final sink- or-swim offensive would rally popular support and bring down the six-month- old Cristiani government. If that was the intent, the rebels missed their mark by a wide margin. While their ability to infiltrate tons of arms and ammunition and 3,500 fighters into the capital demonstrated significant civilian support, the guerrillas failed to spark a popular uprising. In fact, the assault may have earned the rebels more new detractors than supporters. Traditional political allies...
...boldness of the assault suggests that the rebels were intent on disproving the government's claims that the F.M.L.N. is a spent military force. It served warning that the government could look forward to more bloodshed and violence if the guerrillas' demands are not treated seriously...
Instead, it appeared a standoff was continuing--and would continue through the night--inside the El Salvador Sheraton Hotel's VIP Tower, more than 17 hours after rebels surprised the government with their assault in an upper-class neighborhood of this capital...