Word: grave
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...talked to his summit guests, the President repeatedly described his deep feelings and grave concerns. A sampler...
...junta as the country's new government under a new constitution; and 3) the amalgamation of acceptable elements of the National Guard with Sandinista fighters in a new law-and-order force. The group promised that all Somoza officers and civil servants, except those involved in "grave crimes against the people," would be allowed to leave the country...
...crowds wherever he went. "Are you running for the Senate or the Knesset?" asked Labor Party Leader Shimon Peres. Answered Henry: "Well, those are the only two I qualify for." Besides recieving a doctorate in philosophyhe only philosophy from Hebrew University Kissinger met with Premier Begin and visited the grave of Golda Meir. "She was an incredible personality," he recalled. "I remember once we worked through to 5 a.m., and Golda dismissed us with the comment 'You young people better get to bed. I've got work...
...paper: "How was the [25-year-old] socialist transformation served by dismissing Chinese from their jobs, forcing them to retire, demoting them and reducing their pay, cutting their food rations and even detaining and arresting them?" And finally, it might have added, by sending them to a watery grave...
Indeed, covering the Nicaraguan civil war has become one of the most dangerous assignments in journalism. Stewart, 37, was the first foreign press fatality in the 19 months of fighting, a providential record considering the grave risks that many journalists have been taking. Snipers, street-corner gunfights and indiscriminate government bombing and strafing are ever present threats. Areas of control shift constantly, and both sides are showing a tendency to shoot first and ask questions never. "This is a war of murder," said U.S. Vice Consul John Bargeron. "Executions are normal. They kill like this every...