Word: assaults
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Miguel Parada, Rector of the University of El Salvador, spoke of he assault by the El Salvadoran army on the university in 1980 which resulted in the four year confiscation of the entire campus and the deaths of between 27 and 40 staff members and students...
ABOUT TWO WEEKS ago, many Seattlites received a political plea for support on behalf of Booth Gardner a Democrat hopeful for the governor hip. This short note, courteously addressed. "Dear Friend of Senator Jackson,' stated that the Senator had originally "encouraged" Gardner to run, and was fully behind his assault on the Governor's chair. This endorsement was highly unusual; Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson was never one to become overly involved in local election, the more so after his death more than a year...
...past year 16 Providence city employees and vendors were indicted by grand juries on charges ranging from extortion to payroll padding. To cap the political profession's embarrassment, Providence Mayor Vincent ("Buddy") Cianci Jr. was forced to resign last April after pleading no contest to charges of assault against a man who he said was having an affair with his wife...
...Mintoffs assault on the church may be designed at least in part to distract attention from economic problems. The unemployment rate has been estimated at close to 20%, and tourism is down. Despite the huge trade deal with the Soviets, not a single ruble's worth of merchandise has been exchanged so far. "It's a very traditional pattern for the Soviets," said a State Department official. "Massive trade agreements, good publicity, then nobody pays attention to the follow...
...Hyderabad by the thousands, tossing flowers and coins, to show their support for the ousted Chief Minister, a former movie actor. The outpouring of public sympathy for Rama Rao seemed to signal a reversal in Gandhi's popularity, which had been rising steadily since she ordered an army assault on Sikh extremists at the Golden Temple in Amritsar last June. Although Gandhi still denies any involvement in the affairs of Andhra Pradesh, she nonetheless faces two equally unappealing options in the state: she can dismiss the assembly and impose direct rule from New Delhi or allow Rama...