Word: ground
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With the rebels showing no intention of going along, it is doubtful that Najibullah's cease-fire will get off the ground this week. A fresh test of Soviet intentions will come on Feb. 11, when, under U.N. auspices, talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan resume in Geneva. In previous rounds the sticking point has been the timing of a Soviet withdrawal. Moscow would like a three- or four-year deadline; Pakistan, which indirectly represents the interests of the rebels and the West, insists on no more than three or four months. "If the Soviets are as serious about seeking settlement...
...presence of the Libyans, captured a few days earlier at Fada in northeastern Chad, proved, if proof were any longer needed, that the soldiers of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi have been fighting on the ground in Chad for a long time, despite the Libyan leader's frequent denials. More important, the prisoners were tangible evidence of the biggest victory of the Chad army since the latest round of fighting began in 1982. Gaddafi responded to the defeat at Fada by dispatching four MiG-23s to bomb the towns of Arada and Oum Chalouba. The raid did little damage...
...additional $9 million, has the streamlined and futuristic feel of a flying 21st century Las Vegas disco. In the sumptuous lounges, digital panels indicate the time and altitude, and electronic maps chart the jet's current position. Inside a coffee table, a color monitor shows a view of the ground. Built into the ceiling is an elaborate electronic map of the cosmos, a 50th-birthday gift to Khashoggi, who is fascinated by astronomy. One by one, against a dark background, the outline of the constellations lights up, the tiny stars winking against the blankness. Aquarius . . . Cancer . . . Gemini . . . Then there...
...small club of people who talked and socialized with each other. It was so difficult to meet these people in normal circumstances. This opened my eyes to the fact that there was a certain way to penetrate these classes of people, by meeting them on their own ground...
...long ago it had the immediacy of the evening news. Six hundred demonstrators are crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma at the start of a planned march to Montgomery, Alabama's capital. A phalanx of state troopers bars the way. The two lines converge; people fall to the ground, tear gas explodes, billy clubs...