Word: kill
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...anti-aid forces were no less vociferous. "The Administration is determined, absolutely determined, to kill the peace progress," argued House Majority Whip Tony Coelho. To lure fence sitters, the Democrats plan to offer an alternative, non-lethal aid package, dismissed as "beans and blankets" by the White House, that will be voted on if the Reagan plan is defeated. Grass- roots groups bombarded Congressmen with letters and calls, and one group previewed television spots that link contra aid to potential U.S. troop involvement in the region. Last week's disclosures by a civil rights group that the FBI has been...
...chance to manipulate the conversation. The subject can filibuster, deftly evading a probing question. CBS had already produced a hard-hitting five-minute introduction examining Bush's contradictory claims about his Iran-contra role. Executive Producer Tom Bettag saw three options: run the five-minute intro on its own, kill the story or accede to Bush's conditions. Finally CBS agreed to do the interview live, and warned Bush's staff that Rather's questions were going to be tough and pointed...
...campaign. More importantly, in small states like New Hampshire student volunteers can reach enough registered voters to make the difference between and upset victory and a suprising defeat, workers say. An early win New Hampshire or elsewhere, can build momentum for a presidential race, while a poor showing can kill a candidate's hopes at the beginning of a campaign...
...Reagan will not be able to provide new funds until October, dangerously close to the end of his term, when his influence will be minimal. "If Congress votes down aid this time," Reagan warned last week, "the decision may well be irrevocable." If the vote is yes, it may kill the Central American peace plan that has won a Nobel Prize for Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez but that is quickly running out of deadlines. Says Republican Representative Henry Hyde of Illinois: "It's going to be a very emotional, very bloody debate...
...psychosis is the 'bandidos,' " Mispelaar observes. "These are the first words that two- year-olds utter before they say anything else." Social workers in Maputo are trying to relieve the nightmares of abducted youths. Fernando Maposse, 14, who was captured and forced to join the rebels, escaped after accidentally killing two members of his own band in a cross-fire skirmish between the guerrillas and government troops. Maposse said the rebels crept like animals through the bush and consulted a witch doctor before deciding when to attack. Another youth was tortured and abandoned when he refused to kill members...