Word: pols
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...goriest conflicts. During its 3 1/2-year reign, the sternly Communist Khmer Rouge killed anywhere from 1 million to 2 million Kampucheans in a genocidal resettlement program. Up to another million fled, swarming into refugee camps across the border in Thailand. In 1979 invading Vietnamese troops overthrew the murderous Pol Pot. Since then, the Hanoi-backed government in Phnom Penh has been at war with a coalition of three rebel factions that includes as many as 35,000 fighters of the ousted Khmer Rouge...
...with jinglees, sharpened bicycle spokes fired from slingshots. "Don't believe them," said a man watching the soldiers rumble along. "They will kill when they get the order." An elderly Burmese woman watched the troops. She shook her head and said, "Ne Win? He is like a cross between Pol Pot and Ferdinand Marcos...
Both candidates have their roots in the old school of local Democrats. Howe is a fiery old-time Somerville pol with 23 years of experience and a host of allies. Vellucci has spent six years in office and a lifetime in local politics as the son of Cambridge Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci...
...event is winding down, and Biden, the quick-smiling Irish-Catholic pol, kisses and jokes his way back to the Jeep. He seems to know who among the women in pantsuits sent the fruit baskets, who the flowers. He calls out to George Collins, who brought a truckload of watermelons from his farm, to save...
...adamant about skipping the capital's heavy-pol bashes: "Nobody ever says anything at those things," he grumbles. By reports, he has turned down invitations from George Bush. Bennett confesses he'd rather be home "watching Dragonslayer on the Disney Channel" with Elayne and their son John...