Word: rebels
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...date and I were polishing off our second bottle of wine. I suddenly remembered my doctor told me to have only two glasses a day. Usually, I'm a man of such discipline--I don't know what's happening to me. I feel a little like a rebel, like those days in the '60's when you and I were the only Republicans in Texas, and we used to joke about holding our convention in a phone booth...
Within days, the rebel offer had achieved what may have been one of its principal objectives: a division between Duarte and the U.S. Government. Gravely ill with stomach and liver cancer and legally barred from seeking another term, Duarte was caught off balance. He rejected the F.M.L.N. proposal to push back the election date as unconstitutional, telling a press conference, "It's not a plan for peace. It's a plan...
...odds with Washington, which has staunchly backed the Salvadoran leader's efforts to end the nation's civil war. State Department spokesman Charles Redman said the F.M.L.N. offer was "worthy of serious and substantive consideration." Privately, State Department officials were enthusiastic, lauding the proposal as a fundamental shift in rebel policy that could signal a breakthrough...
...Soviet Union's impending withdrawal from Afghanistan, set for February 15, will afford Bush another opportunity to demonstrate his foreign policy objectives. When the Red Army tanks roll out of the Afghan capital after a nearly 10-year-long occupation, rebel factions are expected to overthrow the government and fight among themselves for leadership of the country...
...what is "in." The more earnestly the belief is held, the less influence it holds. It is met with condescending amusement, the derision of the critic who is certain that one's (not necessarily his) mind is independent. To be above such petty demands is to be a rebel. The rest are merely the herd...