Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Does the conflict in the South Atlantic cast a pall over the summit meetings...
...have long hoped for a conclusion to that conflict. The U.S. believes, along with many others in the region, that the territorial integrity and sovereignty of both nations should be maintained. We are in contact with others about how this tragic and costly war could soon be ended...
...inhuman crushing of the Afghan people and even without the renewed Polish tragedy, it ought to be self-evident that the United States' partners should favor policies inspired by a spirit of friendship and cooperation. This applies more than ever since the senseless escalation of the Falklands conflict into a bloody war whose real victor-and not merely in regard to Latin America-can only be the Soviet Union...
...navy and air force will be singing the national anthem, even in their trenches." Galtieri publicly rebuffed a conciliatory letter from President Ronald Reagan marking the anniversary. In a return letter, Galtieri declared that Argentina was "surprised" at the support that the U.S. was giving Britain in the Falklands conflict and declared Reagan's affirmation of common interests and values uniting Argentina and the U.S. to be "incomprehensible under the present circumstances...
...Peter Pan to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. With the crucial help of Screenwriter Melissa Mathison, who was present every day on the set, Spielberg has infused comic and dramatic tension into a story in which, one comes to realize, there are no villains. Everyone is nice, and the conflict comes from a taffy pull between good and greater good. That conflict is achingly strong, its resolution euphoric...