Word: border
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...scrapes. He was an early and vehement critic of Washington's see-no-evil policy toward Panama strongman Manuel Noriega. He appalled civil libertarians by proposing to shoot down suspected drug-smuggling planes. He infuriated the State Department by trying to mark passports of drug smugglers caught at the border. He promoted the "zero tolerance" program that called for prosecuting people apprehended with small amounts of drugs and confiscating their cars, boats and planes...
...remembered three solid days of canoeing down the border of Canada and the United States, replete with beautiful scenery and nights around a campfire. I remembered our canoe flipping over two hours into the trip and the bread floating down the river. I remembered eating rolled sandwich meats for nine consecutive meals...
...control all of Kashmir. Islamabad's claim is more complex: besides supporting a 1949 U.N. call for a plebiscite on Kashmir's future, Pakistan has marshaled what it considers proof that it has all along controlled the area from NJ 9842 to the Karakoram Pass on the Chinese border. Islamabad cites circumstantial evidence, like the fact that mountaineering expeditions for years sought Pakistan's permission to enter the region, and its agreement to cede some of the territory to China...
India was the first to deploy troops on the Siachen Glacier. In April 1984 the Indian army launched Operation Meghdoot (Cloud Messenger), placing forces at two key passes of the Saltoro Range, which runs along the Siachen Glacier's western edge toward the Chinese border. India says it was pre-empting a planned Pakistani move -- a contention Islamabad denies. The Indian advance captured nearly 1,000 sq. mi. of territory claimed by Pakistan; ever since then New Delhi has wanted to establish a formal boundary along that natural divide. The conflict escalated slowly as each side deployed more men, established...
...forces in the Saltoro area; the suggestion has been rejected by Pakistan. In the talks last month, New Delhi broached a new formula slightly closer to Pakistan's: pull back all troops and establish a demilitarized zone, then negotiate on establishing a line from NJ 9842 to the Chinese border. So far, there has been no agreement...