Word: nationale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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President Bush ordered Army troops to St. Croix of the U.S. Virgin Islands after National Guards members and police reportedly joined prison escapees and others in wild looting. Armed Coast Guard crewmen also went ashore to help restore order.
Chaos reigned on St. Croix, as police and National Guard soldiers joined machete-armed mobs on a post-Hugo looting spree. Gunshots were fired, and ham radio operators heard reports that inmates had either escaped or been released because of prison damage and were looting.
Democratic National Chairman Ron Brown, in a breakfast meeting with reporters, acknowledged Frank was under pressure to resign but said the congressman was right to await the Ethics Committee inquiry.
When so much of the national debate over higher education concerns which books we should read, it's hard not to think of this question as a crucial one. In our minds, the key issue becomes the assigned book--as if it were a selfsufficient entity--and not the way...
"Proposition 1-2-3 is an outright assault on women's economic security," said Jennifer Jackman, president of the Massachusetts chapter of National Organization for Women (NOW).