Word: strikes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...military area, Massoud believes that the mujahedin must strike a decisive blow soon, before Najibullah can adjust to the departure of the Soviets, who are scheduled to complete their troop withdrawal by Feb. 15. The government has 150,000 troops dug in around major cities. To face them in a final showdown, Massoud is training 10,000 men, initial units of an "Islamic army," to fight like a conventional force, rather than as hit-and-run marauders. Training, in camps spread along the rugged northern flanks of the Hindu Kush, includes the use of U.S.-supplied Stinger antiaircraft missiles...
...aside for this season, for all the seasons," Bonnie says. "I try to strike a healthy balance, but I can't help but in the middle of class to be thinking of the next game, or the last game...
Chile's United Left won the 1970 elections with Salvado Allende. Soon after, the United States began a trade embargo and bribed workers to start a transport strike, paralyzing internal production. Three years after the free elections, the CIA, the Chilean military and $10 million from the United States contributed to the coup that killed the president and installed Pinochet's dictatorship, now 15 years...
...Frank Pinto, a U.S. Navy physician stationed at the submarine base in Groton, Conn., shopping in Flemington is a kind of pre-emptive strike against overpaying. He strides through the Van Heusen outlet, selecting sport shirts from neat stacks. "I planned to stop off here on a trip to Philadelphia," he says, "just to avoid the ungodly markups on clothing at the regular stores...
...before the government closed down all schools indefinitely. On Monday the J.V.P. called for a "day of resistance" against the provincial election. More in fear than in sympathy -- the J.V.P. has in the past year murdered some 450 supporters of the accord -- most of the Sinhalese population cooperated. The strike marked the second time in a month that Sinhalese rebels have paralyzed Sri Lanka, reinforcing the impression that Jayewardene is losing control of a nation many fear is on the brink of anarchy...