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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last major unresolved issue at the talks, a timetable for a Soviet withdrawal. He said Moscow would evacuate its troops over ten months, a time span tantalizingly close to the eight months demanded by the West. Addressing a key U.S. concern, he said that a "relatively greater portion" of the forces could leave at the beginning of the period. If those gestures satisfied the other parties to the conflict, he said, Soviet tanks might start clanking homeward as soon as May 15 -- close to the date, not coincidentally, when Reagan is expected to arrive in Moscow for the next superpower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan We Really Must Go | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

...swept over the West Bank and Gaza. For two days the Casbah of Nablus rang with a harsh tattoo as young stick-wielding Palestinian militants pounded on closed shop shutters and metallic junk barricades. Defying a curfew, the youths, armed with slingshots and iron bars, declared the old, walled portion of the West Bank city to be a Palestinian enclave. Forbidden red-black-white-an d-green Palestinian flags waved from the mosques, the gangs controlled the streets, and the army refused to enter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World - empty story | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

...HARVAID has a threefold purpose," she said. "First, it's a fundraiser for us; second, a substantial portion will go to the Fund for a Free South Africa, which gives very concrete and direct aid to the country; third, it's an event in its own right. It will present a morally and *** important statement that we need to say 'no' to apartheid...

Author: By A. LOUISE Oliver, | Title: Pete Seeger to Host Anti-Apartheid Concert | 2/10/1988 | See Source »

Dole or Bush may be able to soothe the fears of some moderate Republicans, but the influence of Robertson's extremist disciples in the party will be undeniable. If his luck continues, Robertson could emerge from the primary season controlling a sizeable portion of the convention delegates, poised to shape the Republican platform. In the last two elections independents and defectors from the Democratic party, mesmerized by Reagan's charisma, chose to ignore the Republican Party's beholdenness to the far Right; this time they won't have that chance...

Author: By Gregory R. Schwartz, | Title: Republicans Sing Caucus Blues | 2/10/1988 | See Source »

...some of the approximately 1600 students who received red dots on their registration packets said they felt less polite than they appeared. Students whose envelopes bore the dreaded red spots were prohibited from registering because some portion of their term bill remained unpaid...

Author: By Liam T.A. Ford, | Title: Harvard Hazards: Red Dots, Green Dots... | 2/4/1988 | See Source »

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