Word: contra
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...peace is the absence of hostilities, then peace prevailed in Nicaragua last week. More accurately, a fragile truce seemed to be holding as representatives of the Sandinistas and the contras gathered in the dusty town of Sapoa to approve the fine points of a cease-fire agreement signed there two weeks ago. But the studied exercise in trust was only half the picture. At the very moment contra field commanders and their Sandinista counterparts were meeting, other rebel leaders were in Washington petitioning for additional aid. The appeal netted a fresh infusion of humanitarian funds and the possibility of renewed...
...member governing board, Craig joins 10 official University-nominated candidates, who include Iran-Contra Prosecutor Arthur L. Liman '54. A slate of five petition candidates, sponsored by Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Against Apartheid (HRAAA), is also running for the Board this year...
...Administration and the public alike have done their best to draw attention elsewhere. North and the other characters in the Iran-contra drama dropped from sight after last summer's congressional hearings, and the House- Senate investigation seemed to come to an inconclusive end marked by partisan sniping. The Wall Street Crash and last December's Reagan-Gorbachev summit concentrated the nation's mind on larger matters. If the Iran-contra scandal has been a refrain in Democratic primary campaigns, and a stick that rivals have used to attack Bush, voters have seemed more interested in determining who can best...
...contra crisis swung the spotlight back on a half-forgotten drama, it also shifted public attention back to Ronald Reagan, who had seemed to be fading from view as the primary campaigns accelerated. Like his aides who now stand indicted, the President remained stubbornly defiant as his contra policy came close to collapsing. Although earlier in the week he assiduously lobbied leaders on Capitol Hill to renew the funding for his "Freedom Fighters," Reagan's attitude toward Congress and the contras remained unchanged. Former National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane, said the President, was guilty only of "not telling Congress everything...
NATION: In court and on the battlefield, the contra issue burns anew...