Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, secret political trials are an unlawful aberration in Soviet justice, possibly one that is questioned within the party itself. Says Harvard Law Professor Harold Berman, a 30-year observer of Soviet procedures: "My guess is that there is a conflict between the leaders, perhaps within the KGB itself. Some say they have to be careful with trials. Others say it is too dangerous to let dissent continue...
...SENSE, these movies may be reflecting reality. Certainly women (and men) are groping for the perfect medium in their marriages. The most obvious sign of conflict can be seen in the startlingly low figures for the number of babies which have been born to women of the late '60s generation. There have been only seven births in the Radcliffe Class of '68, and this trend seems to be continuing. Since women and men are not yet sure how to balance careers and children, they have done the obvious, which is, for the meantime, to stop having children. There have been...
Among all the innocent bystanders caught in the Rhodesian conflict, however, none face a more agonizing dilemma than Rhodesia's Christian missionaries, who for years have provided education and health care to blacks. Their stations, schools and orphanages have become targets of suspicion for both the army and the nationalist guerrillas. The missions face a problem if they do not report local guerrilla movements to the government and a problem if they do. In the past two years, 25 missionaries have been deported, accused of aiding the rebels. Last month 13 men, women and children at the British Pentecostal...
...York and seven African capitals for the past 15 months in an effort to persuade leaders of the so-called Front Line States (Angola, Zambia, Tanzania, Mozambique and Botswana) to talk SWAPO Leader Sam Nujoma into buying the plan. Angolan officials were particularly anxious for a resolution of the conflict. Their southern border area is scattered with Namibian refugee camps and SWAPO guerrilla bases; last May South Africa peppered the area with a series of bombing attacks in an attempt to wipe out the main guerrilla base...
...filled with men, tumbling, bounding, flailing at one another in a skirmish between the forces of a Peer Gyntish Monkey King and a Jade Emperor whose court has been invaded by the delightfully wicked, white-faced simian. Martial art is transformed into high art as the lightning-fast conflict develops...