Word: comebacks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Comeback...
Despite playing a solid game, Penn couldn't put together an extended scoring streak. The Quakers pulled within eight points at the 6:10 mark, but Harvard quickly stifled any hopes of a Quaker comeback...
Trailing the right-wing ARENA party in the latest polls, Duarte's Christian Democrats could win time for a comeback if the elections are delayed. But Duarte came under strong pressure from ARENA, which threatened to challenge any postponement in the courts and could conceivably launch a coup if concessions are made to the F.M.L.N...
...student activism of the 1960s and 1970s is making a comeback this year, but with a twist...
...questions bedeviling the diplomats is the role the Khmer Rouge would play in a Kampuchean government after the Vietnamese withdraw. As a U.S. official said, "A return of the Khmer Rouge would be unacceptable in the eyes of the world." Its political comeback would be acutely embarrassing to Washington. In supporting the non-Communist members of the rebel coalition, the U.S. has at least indirectly backed the Khmer Rouge as well. But Washington hopes to undercut the Khmer Rouge by boosting aid to Sihanouk. Diplomats in Beijing believe that China is ready to accept the "decapitation" of the Khmer Rouge...