Word: roundup
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Alien Roundup...
TIME was inaccurate in saying that Nicaraguan troops violated the Honduran border, but stands by its report that Nicaraguan soldiers fired on and killed Miskito Indians who were trying to avoid a roundup by crossing the river to reach Honduras...
...stated purpose of the roundup was to test the effectiveness of the martial law rule, imposed on Dec. 13 by General Wojciech Jaruzelski. The result, admitted the national press agency PAP, was "not as good as it might be." More direct was the U.S. State Department, which branded Operation Calm "a mockery of all recent Polish government statements to the effect that life is beginning to return to normal in Poland...
...only mentioned the glories of the horse roundup but neglected the horrible cruelty involved. Horses have served our country well and are not mongrels of the range...
...Poland and fear, pain and grief descended upon the country, the sun rose with unusual clarity and brilliance, following two bleak weeks of gray skies and snow. In Gdansk, where Polish hopes for freedom had begun and had now terminated overnight, all that could be seen of the roundup of Solidarity's leadership were riot police encircling the union headquarters...