Word: regains
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...West Beirut, sending civilians scurrying to the safety of their homes. Armed with rocket-propelled grenades, AK-47 assault rifles and light mortars, they attacked Lebanese army guardposts, barracks and convoys. In response, the Lebanese army dispatched 10,000 troops, backed up by tanks and armored personnel carriers, to regain control of the city. Supported by tank rounds and heavy machine-gun fire, infantrymen crept up alleys and side streets in search of the militiamen...
Such displays of tenderness are not unusual. "He may send her roses if she has left," says Michigan Psychologist Serum, "but it's not out of love. It's out of a desire to regain control." Indeed, batterers can be very calculating, both in how they deal with their wives and with the authorities once they are caught. They are frequently charming to a fault. Says Therapist Jeffrey Perez, who runs a program for batterers in New Orleans: "These guys are real slick and real glib. They can play therapy off against the court system and not have...
Little by little I began to regain the use of my legs. I was given food that was in short supply: a liter of milk each day, lots of meat, fruit, vegetables, vitamins and minerals. Several months later I was able to stop using the orthopedic devices. I began to walk between the parallel bars, lurching and staggering at first, then moving with more confidence. I was able to squat down and run in place, but I was still unable to walk without holding on to the parallel bars. I tended to reel off sideways, the result of having remained...
...last it seems that the insistent U.S. pressure for action is producing progress. Most encouraging is a campaign known as Operation Goodwill, a U.S.-directed attempt by the Salvadoran military to regain the offensive. Launched in June, the drive is largely aimed at the departments of San Vicente and Usulután, the agricultural heartland of El Salvador. All together, 74 infantry companies (about 7,400 men) have been involved, spearheaded by two of the country's three "fast reaction" battalions, which were trained in the U.S. last year in counterinsurgency techniques. The campaign appears to be succeeding. Asserts...
...Unfortunately, there are signs of sclerosis in the heartland. "Sadly," say the authors, "the most resistant to change were the Midwestern states, where even in the depression of the '80s many leaders in both management and labor seemed to imagine they could continue their old adversarial ways and regain their lost prosperity without fundamental readjustments...