Word: countrymen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three-page statement issued yesterday, KU officials said that anyone who might be "monitoring the comments and activities of their countrymen and reporting those comments and activities to their home government" would not be violating any federal or state statutes...
...came into the land of harsh, brooding mountains and the eternal, green-blue Irish Sea, a princess and stranger. But she charmed the countrymen thoroughly and soon they welcomed her as their princess and friend. The trip to Wales last week by Prince Charles, 32, and Diana, Princess of Wales, 20, was their first formal appearance since their marriage last July and marked Diana's official debut on the job. The threeday, 400-mile journey by train coach and Rolls-Royce, was a wearying one, but it never showed on the royal brows. Diana plunged into her new duties...
...Democracy's 35.9%, PASOK won a majority of 172 seats in the 300-member parliament. In a nearly symmetrical reversal of fortunes, New Democracy, led by outgoing Prime Minister George Rallis, fell from 172 seats to 115. Andreas, as the fiery winner is customarily called by his countrymen, was exuberant. "Change is necessary for the survival of the Greek nation," he declared in a victory speech. "We will make change tangible; it will show its face without delay...
...follow his predecessor's policies. "This is my fate," he said, "to stand before you in his absence. Egypt is stable. The greatest tribute we can pay him is to follow his course." Mubarak affirmed Egypt's support of the peace treaty with Israel, assured his countrymen that the Israelis would keep their promise to withdraw from the easternmost portion of the Sinai by next April, and promised to work for a comprehensive Middle East settlement. He defended the loyalty of the armed forces and warned his adversaries that if they broke the law they would be dealt...
That night, and during the days that followed, Cairo was calm. Eleven years earlier, its millions had erupted in frenzied grief after the sudden death of Gamal Abdel Nasser. This time, the city remained unexpectedly tranquil, perhaps because Sadat aroused a different kind of emotion in his countrymen, but also because the state of emergency left people uneasy about venturing into the streets. There were no roadblocks. No extraordinary military presence was visible except around a few key installations and buildings. Stores stayed open late as Cairenes shopped for 'Id al-Adha, the Muslim feast of sacrifice. Only...