Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After the student members of the group took a course last term that focused on low-intensity war Zones, or those "of ethnic conflict, of rebellion at the government, of terrorism," they decided to travel to Nicaragua, said David E. Bell, chairman of the of the Department of population Sciences...
...fast comes at a time of great tension at Brandeis over the divestment issue. The Board of Trustees recently voted to postpone consideration until may of divestment of the $1.5 million in companies connected with South Africa. Conflict over the divestment issue is likely to come to a head in may, Guben said...
Their hair was grayer, their faces more lined, but here they all came, marching proudly out of history and onto the newest battlefield of racial conflict. Coretta King, Hosea Williams, Joseph Lowery, Andrew Young -- some of them had demonstrated with Martin Luther King in Montgomery, and some in Selma, and some in Washington, and now they had gathered with more than 20,000 supporters to march through Cumming, in Forsyth County, Ga., to protest the immutable racism there and the resurgence of racism elsewhere. And though King had been shot down 19 years ago, this was the week for observing...
...year-old gulf conflict dragged on, military observers noted a strategic anomaly. Despite clear advantages in weaponry and training, the Iraqis have thus far been unwilling to commit troops decisively on the front to dislodge the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini's fanatical Revolutionary Guards. Said Pentagon Spokesman Robert Sims: "The battle for Basra is becoming one of the largest battles of this lengthy...
...this endlessly confusing conflict, the role of the U.S. grows ever more bewildering. Officially the U.S. has remained neutral, but in November it became known that Washington was covertly shipping arms to Iran, though this weaponry does not appear to have played a significant role in the recent fighting. Later there were reports that Washington had provided Baghdad with certain military intelligence in order to avert the possibility of an Iraqi collapse. Finally there were allegations last week that the U.S. had given such intelligence information to both Iran and Iraq and that some of it had been deliberately distorted...