Word: regional
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard women's tennis team lost to Virginia, 6-3, in the consolation draw of the ITCA Region One Team Championships in a match marred by shoddy officiating and numerous disputes. Several players from both teams requested umpires to supervise their matches after a slew of controversial line calls...
Damage estimates climbed over $4 billion throughout the 75-mile-long region, officials declared the ornate 78-year-old Oakland City Hall unusable, and 26 buildings were closed indefinitely at Stanford University near Palo Alto, 35 miles south of San Francisco...
...days in 1977, could be devastating to all sides. Boeing is far and away the largest employer in both the Seattle area (where it has 106,000 workers) and the state (144,725) and spends as much as $1 billion a year on supplies in the region. A prolonged stoppage would cost thousands of jobs in other areas, ranging from parts manufacturers to restaurants. Increased unemployment would have a heavy impact on the state government, which has no income tax and is heavily dependent on sales-tax revenue. Around the world, delayed plane deliveries would keep aging aircraft flying thousands...
Notably, none of the region's leaders stepped forward to criticize Washington's inaction, a reflection of continuing Latin sensitivity about Yanqui intervention anywhere in the hemisphere. Says a Bush aide: "The U.S. has always underestimated the nationalistic instincts of Latin American leaders and publics...
...Panama, where civilian opponents of the regime are noticeably more pro- interventionist than their neighbors in the region, there was also considerable grumbling. "The U.S. is like a dog that barks a lot but bites not at all," said opposition leader Ricardo Arias Calderon. On Thursday, Noriega ordered a crackdown to weed out traitors. That night, P.D.F. troops attacked the opposition headquarters and hauled away several people, including Endara. The opposition leader was later released and at week's end was holed up inside the Vatican embassy...