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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...While it is probably too late to win the hearts of the rebels, it is in our interest to come down on the side of human rights in our hemisphere by withdrawing military aid from El Salvador. In doing so, we might gain the praise of Costa Rica and set an example for Guatemala and Honduras...

Author: By Ghita Schwarz, | Title: Cold War in Central America | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

...birth or origin," the McCormack brothers, Scott and Brian, should also have been included, even though they now live elsewhere. J. Aron Allen, who now lives in Minnesota, would not be a correct response to the question as he was born in the South. I think The Crimson should set the record straight and do a more thorough job of checking its facts in the future. Trevor W Carlton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Hockey | 11/22/1989 | See Source »

From Wenceslas Square, the protesters set out for Hradcany Castle, a national symbol and the residence of President Gustav Husak. They were blocked by police barriers and later dispersed peacefully after a three-hour march...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 200,000 Czechs Protest for Reform | 11/21/1989 | See Source »

...Checkpoint Charlie he asked that family members and other guests not climb up to the viewing stand. Mouth set, Kennedy studied the strange, gray emptiness before him. Then, in far windows in East Berlin apartments, three women appeared waving handkerchiefs. "Isn't that kind of dangerous?" wondered Kennedy. Yes, he was told. Kennedy stood several seconds in tribute to those tiny figures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Present at the Construction | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

With India's voters set to go to the polls next week, the country's attention was focused less on politics than on a religious dispute over the future of a 16th century mosque in the North Indian town of Ayodhya. Militant Hindu groups claim that India's Mogul conquerors built the mosque after destroying a temple marking the birthplace of the Hindu god Rama. The militants demand that a temple to Rama be built on the spot. India's Muslim minority fiercely objects to the plan. As tension has mounted in recent weeks, at least 400 people, most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: Battle of the Bricks | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

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