Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...downfall surprised no one except perhaps himself. Rumors of plots to oust him had circulated so often during the 16-month rule of Guatemalan President Efrain Rios Montt that observers lost count of the actual attempts. Had there been seven? Eight? Ten? Whatever the tally, last week's coup turned out to be for keeps. After a brief gun duel outside the National Palace in Guatemala City, the country's military leaders toppled Rios Montt and replaced him with Defense Minister Oscar Humberto Mejía Victores...
Matters might have got out of hand, except for the civilian and military police, who were deployed in force. "One way or another, we're going to get the freaks out," threatened Wayne Morrison, a printer from Romulus (pop. 2,600). Contended Millie Todd, who runs a beauty parlor in Romulus: "They're lesbians. They don't salute the flag. They have set back what women have fought for, for a good 50 to 100 years." Said Tom Selling, a local carpenter sympathetic to the protest's cause: "You come here and act like...
...bloody intertribal feuding in Zimbabwe were distortions of the truth. Last week they struck back. At a meeting with the five other "frontline" black African nations that confront South Africa,* Zimbabwe won approval of a resolution banning all visits by foreign journalists who are based in South Africa, except by specific invitation. Since almost all reporting on Zimbabwe is done by 90 foreign correspondents who work in South Africa, the ban's immediate effect will be to sharply curtail coverage of the country...
...commission also decided to drop another 1970 rule that barred networks from financing and owning TV programs produced by others. Except for news shows and documentaries, such programs account for most network offerings...
...really understands what's going with these numbers." As he staggered back, he wondered "do you realize the greed coming to the forefront? The hogs are really feeding." Fearing that he would be called stupid or, worse, unfit for his job, he told his findings to no one, except a friend who happened to be a reporter freelancing for a major magazine. When the swindlers asked, "What do you think, isn't it lovely?" the presidential confidante responded, "Yes, great, I'll tell the emperor to stay the course...