Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Honduras is being dragged in, and Costa Rica [where a second group of exiles is talking of infiltrating Nicaragua from the south] could follow. I feel the heat of war crossing our border too. If it does, it's goodbye to all of us." This fear that conflict may engulf the whole region might seem overblown, both because of the limited military capabilities of the contras and because Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Miguel d'Escoto specifically disavows any current idea of attacking Honduras in retaliation for contra activities, but it is strongly felt nonetheless...
...angry Socialist comrades demanded that the International issue an immediate "clarification." The revised documents explicitly condemned the "brutal repression of civil rights" in Poland, and softened Brandt's position on El Salvador by leaving open the possibility for "free and honest elections." His authoritarian approach brought him into conflict with Swedish General Secretary Bernt Carlsson, 44. Early this year in Bonn, Carlsson pointedly reminded Brandt that "this is a Socialist International not a German International." In retaliation, Brandt forced Carlsson to step down last week...
...odds with the Soviet government for 20 years. Then particular Pentecostal practices forbid them to serve in the army, while their devoutness prompted them to withdraw their children from atheistic state schooling. Moreover, ever since Lidiya, her four relatives and two neighbors dashed into the U.S. embassy, the conflict has become more complicated. The Soviets promised to consider their visa applications only if all seven returned to their native city of Chernogorsk in southern Siberia and applied through normal channels. Fearing reprisals, the seven had steadfastly refused to leave the embassy...
...need to prepare to such a war has been a distinctive feature of Soviet military thinking in the nuclear age." In other words, though the Soviets agree that deterrence and mutual vulnerability are crucial for world stability, they do not actually rule out the possibility of a nuclear conflict; if it does occur, they are determined...
...guidelines cover four major policy areas: conduct of research; conflict of interest rules; the review and evaluation of projects; and the touchy issue involved with patenting and licensing inventions deriving from University-based research...