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...guerrilla war against the Sandinistas. The Administration had hurriedly declared on April 6 that it would not recognize the court's jurisdiction over the issue, which arose after revelations that the CIA had actively helped mine Nicaraguan harbors. But Washington's lawyers joined in the legal fray after the court refused to dismiss the Nicaraguan plea. Whatever else might ensue, the Nicaraguans seemed to have won an initial propaganda victory by forcing the U.S. to appear before the United NationsŸsponsored body...
Reagan has had the unexpected luxury so far this year of being able to keep above the campaign fray. Said one of Reagan's top advisers: "It's just what the doctor ordered, a long, bloody Democratic fight, a continuing wild card in Jesse Jackson and a good chance that Mondale wins the nomination...
Haviland said the controversy and possible strike work interrupting our daily lives," and that the student government had sent the salon and the university a public letter asking that the debate he resolved quickly so us to avoid drawing students into the fray...
...McGrath, the Assistant Attorney General for antitrust policy, first vetoed the agreement on the grounds that it violated Justice Department merger guidelines. Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige then wrote an article in the New York Times calling McGrath's decision "a world-class mistake." President Reagan strayed into the fray by remarking that the merger would not "reduce competition to the point that it would constitute monopoly...
...After nearly 18 years, the war between South Africa and a handful of black guerrillas intent on liberating Namibia, held by South Africa in violation of a United Nations ruling, had vastly broadened in scope. The presence of the guerrilla SWAPO bases on its territory brought Angola into the fray, and that led South Africa to retaliate with periodic raids and support for the pro-Western rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). Lately, the painstaking negotiations for Namibian independence, calling for U.N.-supervised elections, have become deadlocked. The problem was a demand by South Africa...