Word: aug
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...budget, which should have been in place April 1. They refuse to debate it until the L.D.P. agrees to allow Nakasone to testify under oath about his role in the Recruit affair. For another, Takeshita must set a date for elections to the Diet's upper house by Aug. 13, and in the poisonous atmosphere created by Recruit, the L.D.P.'s chances of winning the 54 seats it needs to retain a majority are less than certain. Finally, Takeshita's own lease on party and government office comes due in October, and he wants to reclaim it for another...
...deployed germ warfare, despite allegations last September by Kurdish rebels that an outbreak of typhoid was caused by an Iraqi attack. But a purported document captured by Kurdish guerrillas a year ago refers to an inventory of "chemical and biological" materials in the hands of the Iraqi army. Dated Aug. 3, 1986, the document was released by London-based officials of the Kurdish Democratic Party...
...been doing it. Last week, with the blessing of Communist Party leader Karoly Grosz, the parliament passed new laws giving Hungarians the right to form independent political parties and participate in public demonstrations. The legislature also agreed to enact a further measure needed to enfranchise the parties by Aug. 1, giving them ample time to prepare for next year's legislative elections...
...Aug. 30, 1988. The searing Mojave Desert. About 2,400 U.S. Marines conduct night maneuvers near the Twentynine Palms Base in California. Among them is Jason Rother, a 19-year-old lance corporal shipped in from North Carolina's Camp Lejeune for a special training exercise. While most of the Marines directing convoys are posted around the desert in pairs, Rother, inexplicably, is sent out to guide troop movements without an assigned buddy...
Bhutto was convicted of complicity in a political murder conspiracy and hanged in 1979. Zia was killed in plane crash Aug. 17 after the election date had been...