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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since then the Armenian Republic has been paralyzed three times by widespread work stoppages protesting the Kremlin's refusal to countenance a border change despite the violence committed against Armenians next door. Twice the Soviet government has had to dispatch troops to Yerevan to quell disturbances. Last July a boy was killed by a plastic bullet and 36 people were wounded during a confrontation with soldiers at Yerevan's Zvartnots Airport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armenia | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

...surrounded by Turkey and Iran," says an Armenian party official. "Secession would be the stupidest thing we could do. We'd be swallowed up immediately." His comments are backed by history: for several centuries, Armenians and Turks fought for control of the Lesser Caucasus mountain range, which borders Asia Minor. During that struggle, Armenians often turned to their Russian neighbors for + help. In the 19th century, Russians and Armenians built a string of fortress cities along what is now the Soviet-Turkish border...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armenia | 11/28/1988 | See Source »

...know that, sitting as I am in the Eliot House dining hall, that I'm in a minority when I say that George Bush gives me the creeping crawling willies, but as a minority I decided I had one option. Escape. "Pardon me boys, is that the Canada-border choo choo...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Post-Election Escapism | 11/22/1988 | See Source »

...play has also had an impact on its cast. "In preparation for the show I went with friends to the Border Cafe in a wheelchair." said actress Jennifer Lack '89 who said her views of the disabled had changed because of the play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short Takes | 11/18/1988 | See Source »

...smuggling rare and endangered parrots into the U.S. from Mexico and other Latin American countries. In a two-year undercover probe, the agency seized dozens of exotic parrots worth some $468,000. Such birds, which can be picked up for as little as $100 apiece along the Mexican border, fetch dear prices in U.S. pet stores: $4,500 for a scarlet macaw, $25,000 for a pair of black palm cockatoos. The crackdown began after smugglers offered their booty to Ohio pet-shop owners Frank and Carol Reuve, who notified U.S. agents and served as a front for the operation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SMUGGLING: Polly Wants A Crackdown | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

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