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Word: rapacciola (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...personnel. Life at the contra bases consists largely of waiting for meals and intermittent training sessions. From the camps in Costa Rica, the rebels have launched few attacks and seem to spend most of their time fighting the mosquitoes. At the Costa Rican camp run by Fernando Chamorro Rapacciola, the officers practice silk-glove military discipline: "If we are too hard on them, they will leave," says Chamorro with a rueful smile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Struggling for Survival | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

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