Word: pots
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Boston University (12-16-1) added a new chapter to "Pot history in last night's other opening round game, scoring two goals late in the third period and defeating Northeastern in overtime, 5-4, at the boisterous Garden...
...contrast to Harvard's Beanpot woes in the 1980s, the Terriers have captured three titles since 1982. B.U. also has the most 'Pot crowns (15) of any of the other tournament squads...
...encouraged the Chinese to support Pol Pot," recalled Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter's National Security Adviser, in 1981. "Pol Pot was an abomination. We could never support him. But China could." The U.S., he added, "winked semipublicly" as the Chinese funneled arms to the Khmer Rouge, using Thailand as a conduit...
Throughout the Reagan Administration, the Khmer Rouge have been part of a loose and unholy alliance of anti-Vietnamese guerrilla groups that the U.S. helped create. Pol Pot has lurked in the shadows of the Reagan Doctrine...
...defanging the Khmer Rouge will require more. As Pol Pot's mentor Mao Zedong once said, "Power comes from the barrel of a gun," and thanks to years of Chinese-Thai assistance, with tacit American blessing, the Khmer Rouge have more guns than the two non-Communist guerrilla groups that the U.S. has been aiding directly. The CIA estimates that the Khmer Rouge have enough materiel to fight on for an additional two years against their erstwhile allies...