Word: expel
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First, the good news: the South African government reversed itself and decided not to expel three CBS crewmen whose network had broadcast news film of the funeral two weeks ago of 17 victims of police gunfire in the black Alexandra township near Johannesburg. Pretoria had charged CBS with acting in defiance of a government ban on the use of cameras and recording devices at the mass funeral...
There are strong arguments for that idea, but also some serious problems. For one, the contras cannot be expected to fight indefinitely without realistic hope of victory. They and their country are different in key ways from the mujahedin in Afghanistan, who are fighting to expel 100,000 alien infidels, and Jonas Savimbi's forces in Angola, who, unlike the contras, control the territory from which they operate...
Thus did the shadow war against the Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi and the terrorists it sponsors move to a diplomatic front. Meeting for the third time in just eight days, the twelve nations of the European Community voted to expel all Libyan diplomats beyond the "minimum necessary" and to curtail the movements of those who remained. They further agreed that a Libyan declared persona non grata in one country would be unwelcome...
...West European allies were yet of one mind. Greece, for example, continues to maintain that it has not been shown "tangible proof of Gaddafi's hand in recent terrorist attacks. Though persuaded at last to support the European Community resolution, the Greeks have so far refused to expel any Libyans. That leaves 42 of Libya's so-called diplomats in Athens, as against two Greek envoys in Tripoli. "We want to begin a dialogue with Libya," said one Greek government official, "which is more than can be said for the Americans...
...reach the club much before 9:30 or 10, and a reinstated curfew this year requires them back in barracks by 11:30. That gives them exactly one hour to blow off the kind of steam it would take most people a week's worth of drinking to expel. "The Firstie Club is like Alcoholism 101," jokes a cadet. "One hour to drink as much as humanly possible...