Word: reigns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...America's best interests." Mocking the evidence that led many Americans to understand why continued American support of repressive regimes in South Vietnam, Iran and Nicaragua was immoral, Kirkpatrick believes instead that the U.S. should have continued backing the Shah even after the details of his 20-year reign of terror became public. After all, she says in perhaps the most ironic and alarming part of her article, Argentina is closer to progressive liberalization than Cuba or China. Her comparison of these countries in terms of human rights is as absurd as her suggestion that Argentina, suffering under a lethal...
Moreover, Yugoslavia did prosper during Tito's reign. And though Djilas does not credit Tito with these successes, his reasoning lacks credibility. In one paragraph he discounts the nation's economic achievements as compared with the Soviet bloc countries. Djilas says Tito's workmen's management system and all other economic programs did not help; instead, he attributes all of Yugoslavia's prosperity to its superior resources. And he doesn't even mention that Yugoslavia had 35 years of relative peace under Tito. Almost any other country would accept that kind of record...
...readjustment of the Crimson's zone offense allowed sophomore guard Calvin Dixon relatively free reign over the offensive lane, and he responded by directing the Crimson attack in its most impressive campaign since the win over UMass. Dixon chalked up nine points and five assists in 40 minutes of play...
With last Thursday's Steeler loss to Houston, a 10-0 error-ridden travesty of a football game, the long reign of the Steelers may suddenly be over--at least for this year. There was no joy in Mudville this past weekend. The morning after the game, a drizzing, cold, overcast Friday, the gloomy atmosphere seemed to be mirrored and intensified by each passing face. Old men stood around street corners with their hands in their pockets and their heads hung, staring stupidly at the ground without speaking, or muttering softly to one another in sympathetic comraderie...
...junta that took over El Salvador's government more than a year ago, ending the repressive reign of Dictator Carlos Humberto Romero, has proved powerless against the wave of terror loosed by both the left and the right. In what amounts to an undeclared civil war, 8,400 people have been killed in terrorist attacks so far this year. Last week brought one of the most barbaric acts yet. In broad daylight, as the six men who led the country's left conferred in the Jesuit San Jose high school on a busy street in San Salvador, rightists...