Word: lavishes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...accustomed to lavish quarters amply stocked with alcohol and drugs was given a stark 10-ft. by 6-ft. rear room, decorated only with a crucifix. From his spartan quarters Noriega could not see the U.S. soldiers deployed outside on the Avenida Balboa; his only window was opaque. His television set did not work. There was no air conditioning. In Panama's 90 degrees heat, that hardly made for comfort...
...chores -- constructing bridges and the like -- routinely assigned to soldiers, and they were equipped with the latest in weaponry even as the 180,000-member, mainly conscripted armed forces suffered budget cutbacks. Securitate members were indoctrinated to equate Ceausescu's well-being with their own and were rewarded with lavish perks. Even after the revolutionary government last week threatened to execute Securitate members found at large, many remained defiant. The few who surrendered were imprisoned, to await trial by the new government...