Word: soldiers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard fall sports season is under way and with it comes the hoootin' and hollerin' at Soldier's Field, Ohiri Field, Blodgett Pool and the Palmer-Dixon Tennis Center...
While U.S. officials deny that Herrera is getting direct American help, they praise him as a bright and honest soldier who is committed to a professional rather than a political military force. A senior Administration official says with approval, "Noriega considers him a threat...
...quite different from the stern, autocratic ways of Chun, who favored elevated, thronelike chairs and sat at a separate desk when meeting with his Cabinet. Roh introduced round tables, which he shares with colleagues and visitors. In his campaign, Roh had insisted that despite his background as a soldier, he was, at heart, "an ordinary...
...future, the man to watch is General Mirza Aslam Baig, 57, whom Ishaq Khan appointed to be the new army chief of staff, Pakistan's most powerful military post. A quiet man with an aloof manner, Baig is described by those who know him as a professional soldier with no political ambitions. Baig attended the tank trials along with Zia but had to make another stop on the way to Rawalpindi and therefore returned on a different plane. Unlike some other generals, Baig treated Junejo and his government with respect, and Western diplomats hope he will support a return...
...Friday, a bomb injured three Royal Ulster Constabulary police officers, while another explosion ripped through Northern Ireland's newest hostelry. The same day thousands turned out at funerals for a Protestant grocer and a British soldier, both victims of recent gunmen attacks. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher broke off her vacation and returned to London, where Ulster Protestant Members of Parliament are demanding that suspected terrorists be jailed without trial...