Word: conflicted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...part of an Arab peace-keeping force, were now waging war against the Christians they had once rescued from defeat. After six days of heavy fighting around Beirut that left more than 200 dead and 500 wounded, a shaky cease-fire went into effect. But not before the conflict had nearly triggered the resignation of President Elias Sarkis and threatened to engulf the region in a deadly confrontation between Israel and Syria...
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Kyriasiz said the SHS program will not conflict with the role of freshman proctors or that of other existing advising programs. He said the unofficial, informal nature of SHS advisers sets the proposal apart from other advising programs...
Said the inconsolable chief curator of the Versailles Museum, Gerald Van der Kemp: "There has never been an attack on Versailles since the reign of Louis XIV." The palace, which is located about twelve miles west of Paris, had remained unscathed during the Franco-Prussian conflict of 1870, as well as during the first and second World Wars. Responsibility for the bombing was claimed by three extremist groups: Unemployment International, the Revolutionary Worker Group and a military wing of the Breton Liberation Front. French authorities took the Breton claim seriously. A telephone tip turned up a letter from the Breton...
Powell's position as the point man in what lawyers already are calling the "4-1-4" Bakke decision illustrates his propensity toward thoughtful moderation. "The key problem is one of balance," Powell once said, referring to the conflict between the rights of suspects and the need for law-and-order. Says J. Harvie Wilkinson, a professor at the University of Virginia Law School who once clerked for Powell: "By temperament, he tries to find common ground among varying points of view." Powell hates to be categorized as liberal or conservative. Says...