Word: keeping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would not open for several hours and then might have only a few undersize loaves for sale. In Khair Khana, a residential area, a thousand women and children pushed and shoved for flour and fuel provided by the Soviets. Afghan soldiers thrashed the crowd with blankets and sticks to keep order. Last week an emergency Soviet airlift, along with the arrival of large convoys on the Salang, greatly alleviated the food shortages, but despite Moscow's promises, it was unclear how long that aid could continue...
...line with its pledge to keep the regime well armed, Moscow has in recent weeks been sending into Kabul large shipments of weapons and ammunition, including such advanced hardware as the BTR-70 armored car and the BM-22 rocket launcher. Western diplomats in Kabul believe that in the end the resupply effort will make little difference. Says one: "They can have all the fancy hardware they like, but it is the morale of the troops that's critical...
...government's most immediate military concern focuses on the Salang. The Soviets have been able to keep the route open by combining military muscle with diplomacy. Outposts dot the way. Soviet officers had an informal understanding with Ahmad Shah Massoud, the powerful mujahedin commander in the Panjshir Valley, north of Kabul: safe passage for Soviet vehicles as long as Moscow keeps up the withdrawal. After last week's offensive by Soviet and Afghan troops, that arrangement may be finished...
...total, own at least one gun. And many of those households are convinced that gun ownership is an inalienable right guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which reads, "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." Actually, the wording is ambiguous; legal scholars have been quarreling for decades over whether it guarantees the right to bear arms to citizens individually or collectively -- that is, as members of a "well-regulated militia." The Supreme Court has never ruled squarely...
...often can't avoid the dark side of his beat. In chronicling another election in Sri Lanka, Desmond spent days trying to make contact with violent Sinhalese rebels, whose campaign of murder frightened many voters away from the polls. Now back in New Delhi, Desmond will continue to keep TIME's eye on the disordered corners of his region, but hopes to spend more time close to his base. That will bring no shortage of hot news though. India is scheduled to hold its national elections by December...