Word: pledgees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The hairbreadth victory, following a strident and violence-marred campaign, was a hollow one for Romero. He had en joyed a 10-to 20-point lead in pre-election polls and was hoping for a land slide. The charismatic, white-haired Governor, an advocate of immediate state hood for Puerto...
U.S. officials had hoped that the proposal would be a breakthrough in the negotiations, since they had reportedly already agreed to two other demands, namely a U.S. pledge of noninterference in Iranian affairs and the unfreezing of $13 billion in U.S.-held Iranian assets. In its response to Iran'...
Though the rebellion has been mostly smoldering for the past three years, the election of Ronald Reagan has suddenly given supporters new hope. Reagan, who won 60% of the popular votes cast in the Mountain States, sent a telegram to a meeting of 500 rebellion sup porters held in Salt...
One immediate effect of the plebiscite, ironically, may be to polish Uruguay's image in international eyes. The regime's human rights violations during the campaign against the Tupamaros seemed restrained only in comparison with the methodical executions and disappearances in neighboring Argentina. But the military kept its...
This winter, that pledge may become law.