Word: overthrows
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...forces. The toll of casualties among the rebels keeps adding up until one lone plane remains; naturally, it is manned by Luke Skywalker (Hamill), the naive twenty-year-old enraptured by Princess Leia's beauty who seeks to avenge the death of his father during the space age totalitarians' overthrow of the republic. Luke is an irresistible figure, the country bumpkin with just the right tough of idealism and starstruck awe to endear him to any audience. He saves the day of course, hitting the heavily protected weak link in the planet-fortress of the Empire that reduces the forces...
...power. The result, Albright said, is that "My mindset is Munich; most of my generation's was Vietnam." In a day and age where many political leaders are pushing for a more limited use of force, Albright is a fervent believer in using U.S. power overseas, assisting in the overthrow of repressive regimes and punishing human rights violators. She went so far as to ask General Colin Powell, "What's the point in having this superb military you're always talking about if we can't use it?" Clearly then, it does not seem Albright plans to solve most...
...ordinary refugees; they included thousands of militiamen, government officials and soldiers dodging punishment for their roles in the Tutsi genocide, which many still seemed determined to carry to its end. Since then the camps have provided these groups with a base from which to wage their struggle to overthrow the Tutsi-dominated government that replaced them in Rwanda. For its part, the Rwandan government has been anxious to root out the guerrillas. After several deals with Zaire to close the camps, each of which fell through, a chance for more forceful action finally arose with the plight of the Banyamulenge...
SENTENCED. WANG DAN, 27, Chinese dissident who led the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests; to 11 years in prison; in Beijing. Paroled in 1993 after serving a 3 1/2-year sentence, Wang continued to criticize the regime and was charged with conspiring to overthrow the government...
...mother of Wang Dan, a student leader in the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square, on his trial next week for charges of trying to overthrow the government of China. Wang's trial has been scheduled to immediately precede the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher for talks on human rights...