Word: hurts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President's attempt to negotiate with Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi for the withdrawal of Libyan troops from Chad led to a fiasco that has hurt Mitterrand's credibility in the one field where his competence had gone virtually unquestioned. After the French withdrew 3,000 paratroopers from Chad between last September and November, Mitterrand discovered that, contrary to the agreement with Gaddafi, a substantial number of Libyan troops remained. A chagrined President was forced to fly to Crete to confront Gaddafi, a move that was denounced by former Premier Maurice Couve de Murville as "the greatest humiliation that...
Said a Western diplomat in Moscow: "This is a big moment for Gorbachev. He will be watched by the foreign audience, but he will also be watched very closely by the Soviet leadership. He can help himself or hurt himself...
...their ingenuity to soften the blow. Says California Analyst Hamm: "It's not realistic for us to say [to Washington], 'Don't touch us, but get rid of the deficits.' We should be asking ourselves, 'What can we give up that will hurt us the least?' " -By Jacob V. Lamar Jr. Reported by Patricia Delaney/Washington and Richard Woodbury/Los Angeles, with other bureaus
...seems to have a penchant for multiples on the screen. In her most famous role, the Brazilian Loren played Dona Flor, she of the two husbands. And now Braga has a three-part undertaking. In Kiss of the Spider Woman, two prisoners, played by Raul Julia and William Hurt, pass time in jail as Hurt's character recounts the plots of early Hollywood movies he has seen, including one about a French chanteuse named Leni Lamaison and another about the title Spider Woman. Braga plays both, as well as Julia's girlfriend. Of the three, Braga found Leni...
...Cantabs did a great job of stopping Diagle, holding her to nine points and eight rebounds. Forward Mary Jane Whitten picked up the slack with 13 points, but her nine for 17 free-throw performance hurt her squad...