Word: reads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...delegate's note later read from the dais at the conerence praised Gromyko and won warm applause, but it also noted that he "has fallen behind the times...
...well as the advance buildup for the conference, seem to demonstrate a willingness to open up a byzantine political system. One of the most unusual aspects of the party-conference preparations -- a credit to both glasnost and Gorbachev's adroitness -- is that Soviet citizens have been able to read about delegate fights in the press. Pravda told of a meeting at an 8,000-seat soccer stadium in the west Siberian city of Omsk at which enraged rank-and-file members harangued party bosses because a final delegate list did not include those who had received the most votes...
...bicycle past the bougainvillea that lined the quiet suburban street. He stopped and rang the bell at the home of a theology professor at South Africa's Stellenbosch University. A tall, stoop-shouldered man came to the door. Curious, then amazed, the mailman watched the professor open the envelope, read the brief message and suddenly begin weeping. The mailman had no way of knowing they were tears...
...emerged as the victor in Haiti's presidential elections last January, it was assumed that the former political exile would act as a puppet for the outgoing military junta led by Lieut. General Henri Namphy. But last week it was the puppet who pulled the strings. In a communique read over Haitian television and radio, Manigat dismissed Namphy as Commander in Chief of the army for "insubordination" and fired two other generals on Namphy's staff...
...although depressing to read and write about, such scenarios account for the vast majority of handgun-related deaths each year. Homicide figures in the District of Columbia, for example, show that the number of times a handgun has justifiably been used in self-defense during the last 15 years is no more than four. If you add the Rowan shooting, and that's a big if, it's a whopping five...