Word: spite
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Garang, a Christian member of the Dinka tribe, vows that in spite of the human cost, they will continue fighting until the government of recently elected Prime Minister Sadiq el Mahdi stops trying to impose Islamic customs upon the Christians and pagans of the south. "Religion must no longer be used for political aims," Garang, 41, told TIME last week in his first interview with a major U.S. publication inside southern Sudan. "Anyone can see that Sudan is disintegrating. There is no government by the people, for the people. A new Sudan must be born...
...spite of its growing confidence and successes, Iran remains hobbled by a failing economy. This year's collapse in the price of crude, which accounts for 90% of the country's foreign exchange, has cut its projected 1986 oil revenues from $17 billion to less than $7 billion. That could prove devastating to a nation whose import budget this year is $10 billion. In recent months, stores in Tehran have been chronically short of such staples as butter, rice and lamb. Even economic hardship, however, can serve the regime's interests. Authorities promised one man who was desperate to obtain...
...again. Grechko is a natural when it comes to pleasing a crowd, more than willing to press the flesh and fortified with a broad, kind smile that adds a human touch to his celebrity status. Here he was in fine form again, but on this humid summer evening, in spite of the cheers and waves, the crowd didn't know Grechko from any of the other people he was with. After all, this wasn't Red Square but Red Wing, Minn., and most of the well-wishers who surged forward to catch a glimpse of this space traveler had never...
...spite of his low national profile, Babbitt has begun to stir interest with his impressive record as a two-term Governor and his provocative ideas about national policy and the future of the Democratic Party. "There are two Democratic Parties," Babbitt declared at a hog roast in Red Oak. "One is our national Democratic Party, which has lost four of the last five presidential elections by increasing margins. The other Democratic Party has won 34 of the governorships and control of a majority of the state legislatures and county commissions. One party is failing. The other is a winner...
...have had to carry the burden of sympathy, only coming to life when a man enters. Doesn't everyone know that women are incredibly strong?" Right you are, Sigourney. Anyway, no one would argue with a woman who patented perfection, then showed how to have a wonderful time in spite...