Word: battlefield
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fighting in Cambodia. Even with a lingering Vietnamese presence, the Hun Sen government is basically on its own at last. Although the government's international isolation continues -- only the Soviet Union, its allies and India confer full recognition -- Hun Sen's record so far is pretty good. On the battlefield, government troops have rolled back most of the border-area gains made by rebel forces earlier this year. And despite rising public anger at official corruption, political and economic reforms on the Vietnamese model have had a dramatically positive effect...
EVER since the Supreme Court's landmark decision on abortion rights last summer, the abortion battlefield has switched from the national to the state and local levels. Although President Bush can breathe a sigh of relief after avoiding yet another major political decision, governors and state legislators aren't so lucky. They must deal with a political landmine that was hidden for more than 15 years...
...battle of the hemline may already have been fought to exhaustion, and many designers have concluded that the only way to stop the hostilities is to bulldoze the battlefield -- that is, the skirt. The dominant silhouette at the Paris fall collections was a big top with tights or leggings, often accompanied by boots that climbed well above the knee. In between there was often a sort of apron that resembled a vestigial skirt or, more fancifully, a superwide belt. Only a few classic houses featured any skirts in the usual sense of the word, and only Yves Saint Laurent covered...
...have its moments, and a good portion of them are provided by Lloyd, whose ferocious performance carries the show. Lloyd's voice is as harsh as his haircut, and his forceful gestures skillfully evoke the image of a man equally accustomed to giving orders at home and on the battlefield...
...staff editorial by The Harvard Crimson ("Justified, but Insensitive," Feb. 8) reminded me of this destructive editorializing act--reminding me that, as a gay man, I had better remember my assigned rank and file on the battlefield of newsprint because my social position was tenuous and dependent, and therefore subject to attack...