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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Burmese dismiss fears that the profusion of political banners might indicate a dangerously splintered opposition. "By the time of elections, there will be only three or four choices," predicts La Kyo, a leader of the Arakan League for Democracy, one of a score of ethnic minority parties that have sprung into existence. Some alliances have already formed, and interparty cooperation is growing: two weeks ago, for example, 43 parties sent a petition to the military, demanding formation of an interim government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burma A Nakedly Military Government | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...department did not urge U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to dismiss the major charge that North, former national security adviser John M. Poindexter and two arms dealers defrauded the government by illegally diverting U.S.-Iran arms-sale profits to the Contras...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Justice Department Stands by North | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

...Justice brief was filed in response to an Oct. 25 brief that Walsh submitted in response to defense motions to dismiss the conspiracy count...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Justice Department Stands by North | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

...sensible readers will dismiss the ranking as pure hogwash. There are too many examples of such surveys not taking reality into account...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Looking Out for Number One | 10/6/1988 | See Source »

...fairly easy for me, a Northeastern liberal, to dismiss that conversation as an example of typical backwater Southern-thinking--until I was forced to confront racial injustice here in Boston...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: A Return to Racial Sensitivity | 9/28/1988 | See Source »

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