Word: skirmished
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bailey's request signaled a new skirmish in a battle for the minds of Laytonville's young. The townspeople (most draw their living from logging) began to buy ads in the Laytonville Observer to protest Seuss. Said one: "To teach our children that harvesting redwood trees is bad is not the education we need." With the second ad, says School Superintendent Brian Buckley, "we knew we had a problem." Last week a school-district committee voted 6 to 1 to resist censorship and keep The Lorax on the required list. Next week the school board gets a whack...
After weeks of rumblings, federal drug czar William Bennett last week unveiled an $80 million emergency plan for an assault on the drug-and-murder epidemic in Washington. But the proposal looked more like an outline for a skirmish than for an all-out offensive...
...over Bush's objections, Ford sent Congress a letter ruling out Bush as a potential vice- presidential candidate. "Yeah, we beat him back then," says Nunn, "but you notice where he's sitting today." As for '92 and an ultimate Bush-Nunn face-off, that could make the present skirmish look like child's play...
...boldly challenging La Quina, Salinas has perhaps signaled his intention to end the cozy relationship between the P.R.I. and corrupt labor unions. The President may have won the opening skirmish, but the war is not over. "They had to do it if they want to continue the restructuring of Mexico's economy," said a private economist. "They seemed to have planned it very well, but things could still go wrong...
While the P.L.O. appeared to be the winner in the diplomatic skirmish, the Reagan Administration emerged as a clear loser. Rarely had the U.S. been the target of such overwhelming international criticism. Even Washington's most loyal allies in Western Europe lined up against Shultz, challenging the legality and the political soundness of his position. While Britain abstained from both U.N. votes, British officials made it clear that they too favored an Arafat appearance before the U.N. Israel alone stood with Washington, casting the only other no vote and hailing Shultz's refusal as a "brave decision...