Word: standoffs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...regime believes the Administration intends to prolong the crisis so that the U.S. can step in later with a generous aid package in return for big concessions. Among them: long-term leases for U.S. military bases and cooperation from Panamanian banks in prosecuting American tax cheats. But as the standoff continues, Noriega may find new benefactors. Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi, for instance, is said to be ready to loan Panama $20 million. However, Swiss bankers have reportedly turned down Noriega representatives who tried to set up a numbered account as a conduit for the money...
Though the possibility of storming the temple was not ruled out, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi seemed hesitant. His mother and predecessor, Indira Gandhi, had ordered the move in 1984, and it resulted in her assassination by Sikhs. Yet the new standoff probably ended the Prime Minister's policy of appeasement. Since Gandhi freed 45 imprisoned Sikh militants two months ago, some 550 people have been killed in terrorist-related violence...
...standoff dragged on, the atmosphere grew more tense on all sides. The church hierarchy, charging that its mediation offer had been betrayed, bitterly denounced the use of force as a step that "does not serve the interests of society." Walesa grew more and more disillusioned. "It's as if the authorities are trying to poke their finger into the wheel of history," he declared. "Really, I am beyond fear at this point. They can kill me, but they can't overcome me." The electrician, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1983, vowed that "I will...
...exonerate the airline and win back public confidence. The checkup, Lorenzo predicted in a speech last week, "will put into perspective the misinformation and nonsense that's been peddled to the media, the FAA and Congress" by the company's unions. Yet Eastern's financial condition and Lorenzo's standoff with his workers are growing worse. Late in the week Eastern sued its pilots' and machinists' unions for $1.5 billion for trying to ruin the company financially in order to take it over at a bargain price...
GDANSK, Poland--Riot squads stormed a strikebound steel mill in southern Poland yesterday and crushed a 10-day-old strike, and thousands of police surrounded a Gdansk shipyard in a tense standoff with defiant strikers...