Word: parts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Catholic nationalists have been fighting for the independence of predominantly Protestant Northern Ireland for decades, but the most recent strife began in 1969. Northern Ireland is part of the British Commonwealth, while mostly Catholic Ireland gained independence from the Commonwealth...
...mayor of New York City in the Democratic primary against Mario Cuomo in 1977, the cutting issue was the death penalty. Even though the mayor of a city has nothing to do with the administration of justice, Koch whipped up passions over the electric-chair issue as part of his toughness campaign and easily claimed city hall...
...sexual escapades, the committee was inundated with calls reporting "sightings" of Tower either in a less than sober state or with women, both before and after the FBI conducted a supposedly thorough background check in January. (It was learned last week that the FBI actually completed only the first part of a three-part investigation before Bush sent Tower's name to the Senate.) Committee insiders say many callers were pranksters, but several gave names and addresses and agreed to talk to investigators. At week's end the White House authorized a renewed FBI background investigation of Tower...
...whole thing," declares ophthalmologist George Beauchamp of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, "and the treatments are fuzzy and ill-defined." Although optometrists point to hundreds of research reports that they say validate the training, most ophthalmologists dismiss the studies as anecdotal. "Bring me one study controlled for bias on the part of the practitioner and the person," says Dr. Paul Vinger of Harvard University, a vision consultant to the U.S. Olympic Committee. "Prove it, then promote...
Washington greeted the news as the inevitable result of Managua's social and military policies, but hinted it might be willing to negotiate with Ortega at a future date. Opposition leaders, for their part, were disappointed by the government's failure to address political issues that would guarantee democratic reforms. The Sandinistas, Insisting that their adoption of traditional economics implied no shift from revolutionary politics, are betting that their harsh measures can bring long-term economic viability to their regime...