Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This deep-ridden conflict, he inherited," Norris said. "He didn't try to paper over it. I don't think there was anything he could have done...
...some ways, the most interesting issues are those where [the]values that are core to our page come into conflict," he said, specifying civil liberties and the separation of church and state...
...while no ideological rifts emerged over the summer, sources say continuing conflict about the deal's details stretched final negotiations to four months, as lawyers and administrators spent weeks pouring over financial statements and preparing the agreement's language...
...frenzy, with attacks on civilians, U.N. officials and journalists unimpeded by the Indonesian police and troops charged with maintaining order, and it may take a force without vested interests to pacify the militias. "The U.N. would probably be prepared to send in a force in order to resolve this conflict," says Dowell. "While the U.S. may not be prepared to get involved, countries in the region, such as Australia and New Zealand, might be eager to provide troops." But the mounting violence in the wake of the vote suggests that the militiamen ? and their sponsors ? aren?t exactly...
...murderous rampage was due to his financial losses [THE ATLANTA MASSACRE, Aug. 9]. But that's probably as wrong as the assumption that the Internet or rock music compels kids to go gunning. America clearly accepts violence as normal behavior, both in entertainment and as a way to resolve conflict. Don't expect a decline in mass killings until there is lower attendance at bloody ice-hockey games and action movies. GEORGE BOHMFALK Texarkana, Texas...