Word: central
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Shultz's main adversaries in what he called a "battle royal" were the late Director of Central Intelligence William Casey and former National Security Adviser John Poindexter. They had helped spawn the ill-fated bargaining with Iran, and when it became public, Shultz charged, they continued to mislead Reagan and tried to use the Great Communicator's skills to "bail them out" of their folly...
...invitation to Sondheim and Librettist James Goldman to "have a wee think" about revamping the show, the pair has come up with four new songs and a completely new book. According to a program note by the creators, "scarcely a line of dialogue remains from the original." The central story of two couples, old friends, who married the wrong partners used to end in nervous breakdowns for some of them; it now closes with self- understanding and at least hints of reconciliation. What felt in 1971 like a put-down of old-fashioned musicals for their saccharine irrelevance has evolved...
...central protagonists of the PTL turmoil, meanwhile, continued to parade their opulent life-styles. The couple breezed into San Francisco on July 11 as guests of their flamboyant tort lawyer, Melvin Belli, who is now laying the legal groundwork in his effort to have Bakker reinstated at PTL. During their week-long stay, the Bakkers were billeted on Belli's 105-ft. ocean-going yacht, The Adequate Reward, and were taken to parties, dinners and exclusive stores by Belli's wife Lia. Tammy enjoyed a makeover at Lia's favorite hair salon, 77 Maiden Lane...
...past month, a rash of death threats to politically active refugees in Los Angeles has sent a wave of apprehension through the city's Central American community. Threats against 24 people have been reported to the police this month by Salvadoran activists who are working against the government of President Jose Napoleon Duarte. Hoarse voices with Salvadoran accents leave ominous messages on answering machines: "For being a Communist, we will kill you." One activist received a list with the names of 19 refugees targeted for killing along with a menacing handwritten note saying, "Nothing will save you. Death, death. Flowers...
...incident so far, Yanira Corea, a 24-year-old Salvadoran activist, was forced at knifepoint by two men who spoke with Salvadoran accents into a van outside the downtown-Los Angeles office of the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, a group opposing U.S. policies in Central America. For several hours, she told police, she was kept blindfolded in the van as her abductors cut her hands, burned her with cigarettes and sexually assaulted her, while they questioned her about CISPES' activities and membership. When they set her free, says Corea, the kidnapers told her they...