Word: extended
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Victus and his comrades decide to extend their Communist campaign to uncharted territory, they typically select a remote group of villages that have received little largesse from the central government. The first step is to dispatch an advance team to live in the home of a local family. Unlike government soldiers, whose own legacy to the village may be a trail of stolen chickens or worse offenses, the guerrillas try to behave courteously, listen sympathetically and pay their way. A nun or priest often adds a reassuring presence. They begin by organizing teach-ins and drawing out the villagers...
Behind them, across the water, the flames of tribal warfare had spread to the country's remote regions, and there was a danger that the fighting might eventually extend to North Yemen and beyond. How long the battle of South Yemen might continue was impossible to say. But at week's end the rebels, with apparent Soviet backing, were trying to cobble together some sort of provisional government...
...sunset for good. Last week the A.M.A.'s 371-member policymaking house of delegates voted almost unanimously to back a prohibition of all cigarette advertising. Such commercials have been forbidden on television and radio for the past 15 years, and the A.M.A. will now lobby to get Congress to extend the injunction to newspapers, magazines, billboards and even skywriting. The association would also prohibit ads for snuff and chewing tobacco. This sweeping ban is necessary, the doctors argue, because the health risks are so great. Although the percentage of Americans who smoke has been declining, some experts believe that perhaps...
...Camelot label, though, doesn't do justice to West Hollywood, whose charm and eccentricity extend far beyond matters of affectional preference. Says Severyn Ashkenazy, who owns a string of small, elegant hotels in Beverly Hills and West Hollywood: "At night, downtown Los Angeles is dead and Beverly Hills is boring. West Hollywood is the place for those who are interested in night life and in meeting different kinds of people, creative people." He adds, in the ultimate compliment for one educated and accented in Paris, "It's the Left Bank of Beverly Hills...
...hoopsters led almost the whole way, but were never able to extend their lead to more than a half-dozen points. Springfield trailed by six points with less than two minutes remaining in the contest, when it came up with back-to-back steals and lay-ups to cut the deficit...