Word: controlling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deadlier would have been any American attempt to seize Noriega when the coup leaders refused to turn him over, which would have pitted U.S. troops against not only the pro-Noriega forces but the rebels as well. Moreover, some units of the Dignidad paramilitary forces and the Doberman riot-control units, though badly trained and disciplined, might have resorted to subsequent guerrilla warfare. That would endanger not just American troops but also the 50,000 U.S. civilians living in Panama...
...through a combination of cautious diplomacy on Gorbachev's part and careful crowd control by his hosts, the two-day visit went off without any major embarrassments. Arriving at Schonefeld Airport on Friday, the Soviet leader was greeted with enthusiastic cries of "Gorbi! Gorbi!" but the reception remained calm. About 3,000 people gathered the next day in Alexanderplatz to demand government reform, the biggest such demonstration in East Berlin since 1953, but again the police managed to control the crowd. Officials were less successful in keeping the lid on demonstrations outside the capital: in Dresden and Leipzig violent clashes...
...squalid living conditions and the government caved in to their demands, long-suffering Soviet workers have found work stoppages a potent weapon. So have restive national groups. For more than a month, railways have been blocked between the tiny Caucasus republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia, which are battling for control of the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. The blockade has severely curtailed supplies of food, medicine and gasoline in Armenia. Last week coal miners in the Ukrainian town of Chervonograd held a brief warning strike to demand immediate implementation of government pledges to raise wages and improve conditions. When...
Such moves indicate that the once sacred principle of local control is rapidly going the way of McGuffey's Reader. "This nation was intensely committed to the idea that each district should be run by school boards unrelated to larger national purposes," says Ernest Boyer, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. "Now we are moving toward the issue of how national interests can be served...
...confrontation between Panama City and Washington may soon shift to a dispute over implementation of the treaty under which Panama is due to gain control of the Panama Canal by 1999. At year's end administration of the Canal Commission is supposed to be turned over to a Panamanian official. But some Congressmen, led by Helms, are demanding that the new administrator be confirmed by the Senate. One name has been floated -- and Helms has already shot it down...