Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...taking on the legal defense of accused terrorists, brought in to help him Jean-Martin M'Bemba, 45, an attorney from Brazzaville in the Congo, and Nabil Bouaita, 36, a lawyer from Algiers. In the closing days of the trial, Verges and his two aides began the long-advertised attempt to put France rather than Barbie on trial. Verges sought to shift the focus of attention from Barbie to the alleged crimes of France, other West European countries and the U.S. in the Third World. The lawyer demanded of the court, "Do crimes against humanity only merit this name when...
...general. Paying tribute to Chun's "keen perception of history," Roh on June 10 was formally chosen as the Democratic Justice Party's candidate for President in a national election set for later this year. It was Roh's nomination ceremony, which many South Koreans viewed as an arrogant attempt to push a Chun crony into the presidency, that touched off the largest protests...
...hell. Sprawled across the floor in the 100 degrees heat lay the naked bodies of 18 other young men. In their efforts to escape from the locked boxcar, they left gashes on the wood lining of the heavy metal door and used railroad spikes in a vain attempt to gouge through the floor. They had removed their clothes to lessen the effect of the intense heat, also to no avail. Some had chewed their tongues during convulsions, spilling blood on their cast-off clothing...
...stock transaction we make." One thing the Iran-contra scandal seems to reveal is the fact that Congress cannot meddle in the minutiae of foreign policy. However, Congress most definitely has a role in setting larger policy boundaries. In much the same way, students could not and should not attempt to involve themselves in the day-to-day management of the University. But they can help formulate the larger goals of tenure, investment, and other policies which they now have no influence over, perhaps by providing students with a seat on the University's Corporation. If the traditional power centers...
Despite Gorbachev's harsh critique, his campaign for glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) seemed intact last week. Reports circulated in Washington that Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze might soon meet in an attempt to resolve remaining differences on an arms accord, and thus pave the way for a summit. Gorbachev's campaign for "democratization" bore fruit last week as the Soviets conducted their first experiment in multicandidate balloting. In 5% of the country's roughly 52,000 districts, voters chose from a list of candidates that exceeded the number of available posts. Ironically, Gorbachev...