Word: lefting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Some of the younger students from Cambodia have never gone to school," says Green. "Their schools were taken away, their teachers massacred; and they were sent to work." Green adds that while these experiences have not dampened the students' enthusiasm, they have often left them with little self-confidence in educational settings...
Rodriguez was sworn in as president yesterday in a coup that reportedly left scores dead. He was cheered by several thousand citizens as he took the oath of office and swore in a Cabinet...
...Dear countrymen, appreciated comrades of the armed forces, we have left our barracks in defense of the dignity and the honor of the armed forces, for the full and total unification of the ruling Colorado Party, for the initiation of democratization in Paraguay, for the respect of human rights and for the defense of our Roman Catholic religion...
...When this thing became big in 1973, women who were coaching were from the old school," Livingstone says. "They continued on, and the demands became greater and that was not part of their lifestyle, so they left. At the same time, salaries increased and that drew men into the system...
According to Irving, Bush's pledges to keep defense spending at the inflation rate and not to cut Social Security leaves only $28 billion in spending increases for all other programs in the 1992 budget. Moreover, Irving says, Medicare--left untouched--will cost an additional $65 billion in that year. Unless Medicare or other programs are drastically cut, she says, the budget will continue to operate...