Word: scenario
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Administration fears a horrifying, though hardly realistic, potential scenario: the Sandinista army storming up though Honduras, linking forces with its revolutionary allies in El Salvador, and driving on through Guatemala and into Mexico. The prospect of an armed Communist bulwark on America's southern flank is what Reagan dreads most. But the governments of Nicaragua's neighbors do not seem as concerned, in part because they believe the U.S. would immediately jump to the rescue. "We're not really afraid of a Sandinista invasion," says one Honduran military officer. "They wouldn't make it to Tegucigalpa before the 82nd Airborne...
...this bleak scenario, Aquino brings the promise of honesty and the hope of political stability. "One very positive feature of her presidency," says Singapore Foreign Minister Suppiah Dhanabalan, "is that confidence, an important ingredient of economic growth, will be re-established." That was readily apparent last week, when some issues traded on the Manila Stock Exchange climbed by as much as 40%. On the American Stock Exchange in New York City, the price of shares in the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., the country's equivalent of AT&T, more than tripled...
...members of the Arab League pleaded for Tehran to withdraw to its own borders and agree to a ceasefire. Iran's leaders insist that there will be no peace until Saddam's militant regime falls. The Iraqi army can be expected to do everything necessary to prevent such a scenario...
...composed predominantly of young officers concerned about the corps' lack of professionalism, has emerged in the past year (see box). At his press conference, Marcos pointedly maintained that the bulk of the Philippine military supports him. Indeed, many soldiers and officers do not. That fact raised an almost unthinkable scenario: the possibility of a civil war between two camps of a divided nation, each backed by heavily armed military factions...
...during reading period." Plans about where these two days will come from are still indefinite. It is possible that two holidays during the school year will be turned into class days for such purposes. The CUE is now considering three alternative plans for the scheme's presentation. "The first scenario requires all papers to be due before the buffer (the two extra days), while another forces only those students in courses with both a final exam and a paper to hand in their papers before the break. The final alternative has no restriction for papers." This proposal will not advance...