Word: crackdowns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Politburo's tentative first step toward a softening of its policies was already more than many had anticipated. Just two days earlier, President Erich Honecker, 77, had all but threatened a Tiananmen Square-style crackdown to halt the demonstrations that were spreading like a virus from city to city. But after the number of protesters multiplied into the tens of thousands, the Politburo announced a newfound willingness to discuss limited reforms. The sudden shift not only indicated a crack in one of the East bloc's most ossified regimes, but also spurred speculation that the ruling party was in disarray...
...week, the question was not "Why him?" but "Why now?" Surely the choice of the Dalai Lama, who has been living in India since he fled Chinese occupation forces in 1959, was meant as a slap at Beijing: a symbol of international condemnation of the Chinese government for its crackdown on the students' democracy movement in Tiananmen Square last June and imposition of martial law in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, following anti-Chinese riots last March...
...some have been relieved of their duties. These measures seem to be working. In the past month not one fresh carcass has been found. "Everyone is keen as mustard," says Woodley, beaming. "We'll win for sure." It is too early, though, to declare victory. After a similar crackdown in 1978, the price of ivory soared and poaching resumed...
...Panama, where civilian opponents of the regime are noticeably more pro- interventionist than their neighbors in the region, there was also considerable grumbling. "The U.S. is like a dog that barks a lot but bites not at all," said opposition leader Ricardo Arias Calderon. On Thursday, Noriega ordered a crackdown to weed out traitors. That night, P.D.F. troops attacked the opposition headquarters and hauled away several people, including Endara. The opposition leader was later released and at week's end was holed up inside the Vatican embassy...