Word: clashed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...defeated "Mad Dog" last Saturday in a clash between two Harvard College Bowl teams in the finals of a tournament at Boston University...
...rising continental integration and falling trade barriers, the armed clash between two democracies deep in the Andean jungle was more than a little bizarre. To the governments--and soldiers--of Ecuador and Peru, however, the situation was deadly serious. For much of last week, military units were mobilizing and troops were trading fire over a sparsely populated 78 km of undemarcated territory that has been claimed by both countries for the past 53 years. Some 60 soldiers on both sides were killed or wounded before the countries agreed to a tentative cease-fire...
Ecuador accepted a ceasefire proposed by neighboring countries and the U.S. in the weeklong military skirmish with Peru, but Peru refused to cooperate. Representatives of the two countries are meeting in Brazil to try and resolve the border clash, which escalated into armed conflict three weeks ago. Unofficial reports say more than 20 Peruvians and 30 Ecuadorians have been killed so far. The dispute stems from a 1942 treaty that delineated a new border between the two countries, but left some 50 miles unmarked...
...remind the audience that the play is about the clash between the East and the West, Houston begins with a rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner," which cuts into "Sakura," a Japanese folk song. The stylized quality of the prelude, almost like a traditional Japanese drama, is alternately interesting and trite. Using brief statements, each of the women introduces herself to the audience. But the traits of the characters which be prelude conveys would be obvious in any case. And the inclusion of some really banal lines does not help. [Of tea] "We Japanese women drink...
...incident followed another melee nearby on Monday night, when Israeli troops shot and killed three PLO officers. As many as four Palestinians -- including two police officers -- were wounded today after Israeli troops opened fire on a vehicle at the Erez crossing. Another PLO officer was wounded in a second clash nearby. In every incident, both sides insisted that the other had provoked the violence. The mounting violence threatens talks begun this week in Cairo over the question of extending Palestinian autonomy...