Word: forma
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...chess champion also said he wished to forma new political party in the Soviet Union to"destroy the Communist base in the country,slowly...
...ruled with absolute authority longer than any other leader in the Western hemisphere and was second only to North Korea's Kim Il Sung as the world's most durable dictator. After sweeping to power in a military coup in 1954, Stroessner nominated himself President, then engineered his pro forma re-election seven times. Despite sporadic challenges to his rule, the patriarch faced no serious opposition. Unlike many countries in the Americas, landlocked Paraguay has no tradition of democracy...
...consultations were in effect pro forma. Shultz delivered his decision to deny the visa early Saturday morning. A public statement was drafted and a copy sent to Reagan, vacationing at his Santa Barbara, Calif., ranch. Powell called the President to summarize the pros and cons. Said a laconic senior official: "The President understood why the Secretary came to that conclusion, and he supported it." Neither George Bush nor incoming Secretary of State James Baker, who will inherit the repercussions, was consulted. Bush advisers were happy to distance the President-elect from the brouhaha. Said a grateful aide: "They chose...
...plan was to lodge a protest during the Democratic National Convention, accept a pro forma arrest and then return home to such cities as New York, Philadelphia and St. Louis. But last week more than 200 antiabortion demonstrators, including many of the 134 seized last month, remained in Atlanta and Fulton County jails. They had stalled processing by giving their names as "Baby Jane Doe" or "Baby John Doe," after the nameless victims of abortions...
...fireworks over what summiteers call "regional issues." Besides its Afghan pullout, the Kremlin is eager to wind down other conflicts that are a drain on its treasury, particularly those in Angola, Ethiopia and Kampuchea. In the area of humanitarian concerns, U.S. complaints are likely to be pro forma. Jewish emigration, one barometer of Moscow's human rights record, is now high. In April, 1,086 Soviet Jews emigrated, the biggest monthly total since...