Word: generally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Throughout the speech, Bhutto pointed to her experiences in Pakistan, praising international response to the dictatorship which her regime succeeds. Bhutto was elected prime minister in December, four months after the sudden death of General Mohammad...
...countries without established traditions of representative government, democracy is always at risk. All too often there is the overly ambitious general, the all too determined fanatic, or the all too avaricious politician," said Bhutto. "The association of democratic nations can help change the calculus for each of these potential coup plotters by adding the element of international opprobium...
...this: as army convoys moved toward Tiananmen in the early-morning hours of June 4, troops were viciously attacked by rioters brandishing fire bombs and guns financed by "overseas reactionary political forces." The reluctant soldiers exercised maximum self-restraint, but were finally compelled to open fire. Even then, General Li Zhiyun insisted last week at a press conference, "it never happened that soldiers fired directly at the people." In the end, nearly 100 soldiers and policemen were killed putting down the "counterrevolutionaries." Civilian casualties totaled no more than 100 dead, perhaps a thousand wounded. That's the official story...
...that occurred during his two terms in the White House, Reagan was able to appoint 346 federal judges -- more than any other President in American history. "It is one of his most enduring legacies, and one of his most significant," says William Bradford Reynolds, the controversial former Assistant Attorney General for civil rights in the Reagan Administration...
...appearance younger than his 42 years, is compounded by his reliance on ebullient cliches when he lacks a staff-written script. Too often he comes across as a kid struggling gamely with an adult role. While some surveys have shown a modest improvement in the public's general perception of him, he still gets negative marks on the critical question attaching to any Vice President: Is he qualified to assume the presidency? A May Gallup poll reported that 52% of Americans think...