Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fields with wooden plows; young men mix straw and mud to patch bomb holes. One sagging roof is propped up by an unexploded Soviet bomb. But in villages like Jakdalag, 30 miles east of Kabul, the relentless assault upon civilians has taken its toll on the guerrillas. The deserted settlement is pockmarked with bomb craters and littered with spent shells, some measuring 10 ft. in length. Since bombs first began tearing the community apart three years ago, all its farmers and all but one of its 400 families have left. Rebels now sleep in blankets on the dirt floors amid...
...recent tendencies toward moderation, notably his series of discussions with Jordan's King Hussein on President Reagan's Sept. 1 peace initiative, which called for the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip to be linked to Jordan. Left-wing elements within Fatah oppose any settlement that would give the Palestinians less than a wholly sovereign and independent state, however unrealistic that goal may be. They in effect vetoed Arafat's attempts to reach an agreement with Hussein that would have allowed the Jordanian King to pursue the Reagan initiative in alliance with the Palestinians. The dissidents...
...original sin in El Salvador was viewing the guerrillas solely as Soviet surrogates. Conflict in El Salvador resulted from economic, political and social inequities, not the long arm of the alleged worldwide communist revolution. But the Administration never negotiated seriously for a settlement. Last year's supposedly "democratic" elections backfired when an extreme right coalition took power. And they were a scheme to begin with because the guerrilla--afraid they would be murdered by the military--did not participate...
...course, the situation in El Salvador has become as polarized that many of the guerrillas are in the Soviet camp and it may be too late for a peaceful settlement. Yet continued civil war--and that, clearly, is the logical result of Reagan's policy, for side, short of outright intervention by the United States, can win--means more senseless deaths. A last--ditch attempt at a settlement is imperative if we are to prevent the Vietnam analogy from becoming more than just effective rhetoric. But as the recent dismissals of Undersecretary of State for Central American Thomas O. Endears...
...once and she has since married and divorced three other men. After Hughes' death in 1976, Moore went public with her claim, which was pending before the Nevada supreme court last week when the other heirs to Hughes' estimated $2 billion agreed to pay her an undisclosed settlement within six weeks. The sum will be enough, said Moore, "to live comfortably on the interest for the rest of my life." But she has further plans, including adding a new final chapter to a tale-telling book on her open-ended marriage. As for Hughes' other heirs...