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...Sandinistas' defeat and the capture of Panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega have removed two of the most divisive and destabilizing factors in U.S. relations with Latin America. With El Salvador's leftist guerrillas likely to be undercut by a halt in support from Nicaragua and Cuba isolated as never before, the U.S. has an opportunity to move beyond its 30- year struggle with Marxism in the region. It can stop using Nicaragua as an ideological battleground and start treating it like a needy neighbor. But to turn this electoral triumph into something substantial and lasting, Washington will have...
ITHACA, N.Y.--The Harvard men's hockey team's hopes of salvaging its disappointing season came to a crashing halt here Saturday night. And so did the illustrious career of Harvard's winningest coach ever...
...member of the student committee that organized last week's Alternative Junior Parents Weekend said yesterday that a Harvard police officer had forced him to halt a demonstration on Saturday morning, possibly violating his right to free speech...
...dismal state of birth control in the U.S. was highlighted last week in a study issued by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The report states that American contraceptive research has come to a virtual halt, causing the U.S. to fall far behind other countries in developing new techniques. Methods available overseas but not in the U.S. include an injection that provides two months of protection and a skin implant that can release a contraceptive hormone into the bloodstream for up to five years...
...square. We discover an astonishing sight: the army lines have been pulled completely back. The square is packed with Tadzhiks listening to their leaders addressing them through a microphone from atop a Soviet army APC. From Tadzhiks in the street we learn that the rattled authorities have agreed to halt lethal confrontations with the angry crowds. "The people demand the resignation of the government!" shouts one speaker. Others call for an end to the sale of pork in public markets, the punishment of soldiers and militia responsible for shooting civilians, even the departure from Tadzhikistan...