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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Central American Presidents have taken the destiny of Central America in our hands," Arias said in Tela, and the rebels obviously have no place in any future decision-making in the region...
...proposals which can be implemented at the participants' schools in September. Students meet in groups of eight and are required to produce case studies from their own experiences. They then integrate the strategies they have experimented with at the Institute in order to create an "Action Plan," which is taken back, possibly to be implemented in that participant's school district...
Corboy's lawsuit was the first volley in what promises to be a high-stakes legal battle over the Iowa crash. Some attorneys have even taken to calling the tragedy "Sue City" because of the huge number of lawsuits that are expected to follow. While the 185 survivors and the next of kin of the 111 who were killed are the ultimate beneficiaries, the struggle will take place between a small cadre of plaintiffs' lawyers and their counterparts, who represent airlines, aviation manufacturers and their insurance companies. That kind of tug-of-war has grown increasingly fierce over the past...
...fast as the doctors did. They were determined to head off a well-known postcrash problem: unscrupulous lawyers soliciting clients on the scene in violation of ethics codes. Representatives of the state bar set up an office at the health center where many of the survivors had been taken for treatment. Bar officials also placed an ad in the Sioux City Journal asking people to call if they knew of any unethical contacts by attorneys. None were reported...
...zone it maintains in Lebanon. But kidnaping is not the usual method of the Israelis. They may actually have wanted to acquire bait for a hostage swap. Two affiliate groups of Hizballah are believed to be holding three Israeli prisoners of war captured in 1986, two of them soldiers taken in the security zone and the third an air force navigator. Americans wonder if U.S. Lieut. Colonel William Higgins, head of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon, who was seized by Hizballah last year, might be part of a swap...