Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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HARVARD OFFICIALS have displayed this readiness to cancel events in the face of minor incidents several times, most notably during the Kent-Brown incident last year, when several Harvard students attempted a blockade during the South African diplomat's speech. Harvard Police rushed Kent-Brown out of the room as the blockade formed, and Dean Epps ended the speech without an attempt to negotiate with the protestors--even though the students presented no physical threat to the speaker and had left the front entrance to the auditorium clear...
Gorbachev has not been seen in public since early August. Bild, a West German daily, reported last week that he had been suffering from food poisoning, possibly an assassination attempt. But the Foreign Ministry quickly denied any illness, explaining that Gorbachev was simply away on vacation. He is scheduled to resume work in Moscow early this week. Late last week the Swedish daily Expressen, citing a Soviet doctor as its source, reported that Gorbachev had prolonged his vacation because his wife Raisa, 55, was suffering from complications following an appendectomy...
...hijacking seemed to be the latest attempt by the N.P.A. to wrest the strategic region from President Corazon Aquino's government, which was shaken and nearly toppled on Aug. 28 by a violent military mutiny. In the past four weeks alone, the Communist rebels have dynamited four bridges and torn up railway tracks along the Manila-Naga line. "It looks like a scenario for cutting off the north-south transportation of the country," said a Western military analyst. Some politicians warned that the N.P.A. might soon isolate Bicol from Manila and form a provisional government...
...military casualties have increased from a daily average of three to 4.4. Seeking to bolster the efficiency and loyalty of her army, Aquino early last week authorized a middle-level military reshuffle to replace 21 officers, some of whom are thought to have been involved in the August coup attempt...
...large with as many as 2,000 renegade troops. According to press reports, Honasan has been secretly slipping in and out of Manila under the protection of military guards. Members of the business community may now be funding him, and some observers predicted he would launch a new coup attempt within a few weeks. If so, he could win support among government troops and officers, a majority of whom continue to sympathize with Honasan's professed goals of an all-out offensive against the N.P.A. and higher living standards for soldiers. There was even speculation that the well-organized Bicol...