Word: treatment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Washington's explanations could not mask Hondurans' brewing resentment at high-handed U.S. treatment. It goes beyond the illegality of the Matta nabbing, which blatantly thwarted a provision of the Honduran constitution that protects citizens from extradition. For years Honduras has been a reluctant party to Reagan's war on Nicaragua's Marxist Sandinistas. While acting as host to the contras in exchange for extensive military aid, Honduran leaders have repeatedly issued embarrassed denials that rebel bases exist within their borders. But more than once Honduras was forced to give the lie to its own claims. Just last month...
...months, Ronald Reagan has sat in the White House, itching to enter the presidential fray. Finally this week he decided to let a partisan opinion escape his lips, irritated by the media's gentle treatment of Democratic candidate Jesse Jackson...
...surprising consensus on a new $48 million humanitarian-aid package. The assistance, approved overwhelmingly by both the House and the Senate, provides the contras with nearly $18 million in food, clothing and medical supplies over the next six months. An equal amount will be applied toward the medical treatment of Nicaraguan children injured in the seven-year war. In addition, $10 million was allocated to help cover the expenses of the verification commission called for in the Sapoa accord, and $2.5 million was allotted to a U.S. agency to pay the costs of administering the aid program...
...that much that has been written on AIDS is incorrect. Even more of the writing on the subject is misleading. Unfortunately this study only adds to the mounting toll of misinformation the disease. Their claim that AIDS is "rampant" in the heterosexual population is unsubstantiated by their research; their treatment of the ways in which AIDS is spread is irresponsible, and their recommendations are ill-advised. Their evidence does show that the public is not modifying its sexual behavior to prevent infection and it should be taken seriously, but one suspects that the misinformation and half-truths contained in this...
...half of the U.S. troops stationed in Europe. Based on his support for the P L O and on his past anti-Semitic remarks, one must wonder to what extent Jackson will honor this nation's commitment to Israel, and how much he would criticize the Soviets for their treatment of Jewish refusniks...