Word: central
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...central issue in the seven-week trial was not just whether Goetz feared that the four youths were about to rob him but also what a "reasonable man" would do in his own defense. Only one of the four victims, Canty, actually approached Goetz and asked him for money. All four had police records, but Goetz could not know that. Two of them carried screwdrivers because they were planning to break into some video machines, but Goetz could not know that either. He could only look at them -- he said that Canty was smiling and had "shiny eyes" -- and guess...
...whether his plan protects U.S. interests. We insist there will not be a lasting peace in the region if there is no democracy, as long as the people of Central America cannot freely choose their leaders. The only reason the contras are not included in the negotiations is that the Nicaraguan government would not accept this condition. We have to be realistic. If we want to achieve peace we cannot establish conditions that we know are unacceptable. It is possible that the peace proposal is not ideal for the contras. But they have agreed with...
...classroom, students will tackle competing, winning, losing and other "issues central to sports: race, medicine, economics, politics and cultural definition...
...charge came from Colonel Roberto Diaz Herrera, 49, a cousin of Torrijos who retired two weeks ago as second in command of the Defense Forces. According to Diaz, Noriega conspired with the Central Intelligence Agency and a high-ranking U.S. Army officer to plant a bomb aboard Torrijos' aircraft. Diaz identified the officer as General Wallace Nutting, retired commander of the Panama-based Southern Command, which directs U.S. military operations throughout Central and South America. Both the CIA and Nutting denied the charges...
When deposed Emperor Bokassa I returned to the Central African Republic from Europe last October after seven years in exile, he apparently expected to be hailed as a conquering hero. Instead, he was promptly tried on some of the same charges for which he had been convicted in absentia and sentenced to death in 1980: murder, embezzlement and other crimes committed during his heinous 14-year rule...