Word: assaults
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...French assault on the New Caledonian rebels provoked almost as much controversy. But Overseas Territories Minister Bernard Pons insisted that he took action only because "we believed that at any moment there would be a massacre" of the hostages. Leaders of New Caledonia's secessionists accused . the French of staging the assault to gain votes. Declared the rebels in a statement: "This has created a legacy of blood and fire that will increase our resolve...
Bennett also maintained that, "Students should learn about Western Culture because that's the culture we live in. To the secretary, competition from foreign systems and beliefs is a direct assault on America, and universities must be responsible for its defense. However, he ignores the real danger--graduates will not successfully represent the United States if they see foreign cultures as dark, undefined bogeymen...
Within two days the Peruvian authorities charged McNamara with the murder of two government officials who were killed in a 1987 Sendero Luminoso attack near the Andean town of Vilcashuaman. The evidence against her was flimsy: the two survivors of the assault said it was led by a tall gringa, local slang for any non-Indian woman from the Peruvian coast. Both victims met McNamara and said she was not the killer, but to no avail. Though McNamara claimed she was in Puquio, a town more than 200 miles away, when the murders occurred, records from the hotel where...
Equally important, a large percentage of non-gang crime is drug-related as millions of addicts do almost anything to secure their next fix. Thousands of innocents become victims of theft, murder, and assault from drug-crazed citizens...
...sometimes wish that reasoning were better understood. When Jimmy Carter appeared on TIME's cover three times during the 1976 primary season, some readers complained that we were trying to propel the ex-Georgia Governor into the White House. In fact, the covers reflected our judgment that Carter's assault on the presidency was the biggest story of the emerging campaign. Ronald Reagan first turned up on the cover in a similar fashion in 1966 as a candidate for Governor of California who seemed likely to go further...