Word: pleased
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The refugees ignored pleas by new Communist Party leader Egon Krenz to remain in East Germany and scoffed at his promises of reforms. So far this year, about 170,000 people have left seeking freedom in the West.
Perhaps too hard. In the varied scandals involving improper political influence that have beset the capital, one name keeps popping up: Alfonse D'Amato. Last week D'Amato even became entangled in New York City's increasingly nasty mayoralty contest between Republican Rudolph Giuliani, the Mob-busting former U.S. Attorney...
There is not much the watching world can do to stop it. Bitterly stung by previous attempts to serve as a buffer among Lebanon's feuding militias, Europe and the U.S. steered clear of direct intervention, appealing instead for a campaign of international pressure to quiet the guns. The U.N...
American officials think they know the locations among which the hostages are moved, like peas in a giant, high-stakes shell game. But even if they were found, their guards would be likely to kill them before the rescuers could prevent it. "We've considered going in for the hostages...
For the moment, Rose has managed to delay a disciplinary hearing at which Giamatti could suspend him from baseball for a year (if he was found to have bet on any games at all) or for life (if he bet on his own team -- even to win). Norbert A. Nadel...