Word: freed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Several students were said to have been trapped in elevators in Leverett and Mather Towers for as long as an hour before being freed...
...single life term and Michael to 25 years in prison. Each had faced the possibility of multiple life sentences. Now, John would technically be eligible for parole in ten years, Michael in a little more than eight. But prosecutors insisted that the father is not likely to be freed soon. His attorney concurred. John has only "a glimmer of hope" of getting out "before he dies," said Bennett...
...government freed 25 political prisoners in the deal, including at least two high-ranking commanders, and provided safe passage out of the country for 101 disabled guerrillas in exchange for the release of the two women and 23 mayors and municipal officials who had been abducted by the rebels over the past six months. Duarte's critics condemned the swap, saying that the President ignored the mayors' plight until his daughter was taken hostage. Said Hugo Barrera, an industrialist and a conservative political leader: "He didn't act as a chief of state but as a father...
...system has broken down," said a U.S. policymaker. "Orders are issued at the center, but nothing happens in the provinces." The situation did little to convince the Reagan Administration that Marcos could meet what has emerged as the principal U.S. demands: military reform, open elections and an efficient economy freed from the corrupt grasp of Marcos' cronies. The ultimate fear: an eventual Communist takeover that would result in the loss of a longtime ally and deprive the U.S. of critical military installations at Clark Air Force Base and the Subic Bay Naval Station...
...Reagan's speeches. The Administration had hoped it could persuade Doe, who seized power five years ago, to emulate the U.S. in other ways as well. Officials in Washington threatened to withhold U.S. aid if he did not hold free and fair elections. Liberia, founded 138 years ago by freed U.S. slaves, receives some $85 million a year from...