Word: robertos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President Duarte is unopposed The National Republican Alliance (ARENA) has put up a candidate who is running on a plank described by the Boston Globe as "direct military rule and unrestrained repression against anyone thought to sympathize with the left." Former ambassador White has called ARENA'S candidate, Maj. Roberto D' Abuisson a "psychopathic killer" because of D' Abuisson's purported role in the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero...
...mile relay, the Crimson simply got off to a poor start, and when Jim Herberich handed the baton to Dwayne Jones. Harvard already trailed by 10 yards Jones picked up the pace and finished his laps tied with Dartmouth's Roberto Belaguer. Bennet Midlo lost about four yards for the Crimson and Scott Murrer failed to catch Anthony Hilliard finishing half a step behind the Big Green's steady anchorman...
...call came at 9:30 p.m.: Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, would grant an interview that night. Two hours later, Murray Gart, a Time Inc. senior editor, and TIME Beirut Correspondent Roberto Suro were led by a P.L.O. representative through pitch-black streets, past a checkpoint and two platoons of soldiers. It was just after midnight when Arafat welcomed the visitors to an air-conditioned, wood-paneled conference room at his Beirut headquarters. He spoke of his frustrations over U.S. support for Israel and his fears of an impending Israeli strike on southern Lebanon. Excerpts from...
Since he became chairman of Coca-Cola (1981 sales: more than $6 billion) last March, Cuban-born Roberto Goizueta has added new life to the once staid and secretive company. He has revitalized sales and marketing efforts and erased a lead that Pepsi-Cola had opened in the crucial race for grocery store business. Last week he uncapped his most stunning announcement: the Atlanta-based bottler will spend about $820 million in cash and stock to buy Columbia Pictures (1981 sales: $686.6 million...
After precisely eight months and twelve days in office, President Roberto Eduardo Viola last week was removed by Argentina's ruling three-man military junta. Early in November, Viola, 57, had stepped aside voluntarily to recuperate from a heart ailment. He yielded power to an interim President amid widespread rumors that he would be permanently replaced because of his notable lack of success in managing the country's deepening recession. Indeed, repeated attempts were made by junta members to convince Viola to hand in his resignation. Then last week the junta summoned the stubborn President to army headquarters...