Word: caving
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Editorial Director: Ray Cave...
...daring May 5 rescue of 22 gendarmes and a magistrate held hostage in a jungle cave by New Caledonia separatists was at first hailed as a brilliant coup for French security forces. Then came a dramatic reversal. Last week Defense Minister Jean-Pierre Chevenement, a Socialist, announced he had launched an investigation of charges that soldiers involved in the rescue operation had murdered two hostage takers and failed to provide medical care to a third, who later died of his wounds. All 23 hostages came through the ordeal unscathed...
...dominant rhetoric of Reagan's early years in office--grim warnings about the communist menace, invocations against the "evil empire" and denunciations of America's supposed "cave-in" to the Soviets during detente--has suddenly become passe...
Editorial Director: Ray Cave...
Editorial Director: Ray Cave...