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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Contras inside Nicaragua admit they have been using the cease-fire zones for resupply operations. Ironically, as even some of the rebels' strongest supporters reluctantly conclude the contra effort is doomed -- an opinion seemingly shared by many of the civilian contra leaders -- the estimated 12,000 rebel soldiers are finally beginning to look like a fighting force. Armed with U.S. Redeye missiles, the contras claim to have shot down more than 20 Sandinista helicopters this year, and are now stepping up attacks in the northern provinces. A sympathetic expatriate community in Miami still believes the contras could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America Eyeing a Dialogue | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

...David E. Sullivan's strongest successes is a 1980 law that bars landlords from selling-off rent-controlled apartments as condominiums. When opponents challenged this law, he battled them all the way to the Supreme Court...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Taking Care of Cambridge | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

...city plagued by the Boston area's soaring property values, candidates for the Cambridge City Council say they find their strongest selling points are on rent control and zoning regulations...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Why City Candidates Battle Over Buildings | 11/2/1987 | See Source »

...This is the biggest, strongest, most physical Harvard [defensive line] l've seen," said Rosenberg, whose offense relies heavily on the run. "We have to avoid a situation where we have to throw the ball...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Gridders, Brown to Clash in Halloween Bash | 10/31/1987 | See Source »

...strongest performance of Gamma Rays, perhaps because it provides comic relief from the plot's general despondency comes from Anna MacGregor, who plays Janice, Tillie's competitor in the school science fair. When Janice tells the audience about her brilliant achievement--reconstructing the anatomy of a dead cat--it is truly hilarious. With her New York accent and her nerdish look, MacGregor realizes the full potential of her part...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Marigold Madness | 10/24/1987 | See Source »

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