Word: war
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BRUSSELS, Belgium--President Bush said yesterday it's too early to proclaim an end to the Cold War, but added that Mikhail S. Gorbachev's acceptance of sweeping reform in Eastern Europe "absolutely mandates new thinking" by the West...
...hours, the drama played out on the world's television screens, and for a while it seemed as if it would provoke direct U.S. military intervention in El Salvador's ugly, decade-old civil war. Twelve Green Berets from Fort Bragg, N.C., part of a U.S. advisory team in El Salvador, were holed up on the fourth floor of the Sheraton Hotel in San Salvador's wealthy Escalon district, while about 20 heavily armed young guerrillas, who had seemingly blundered into the hotel, roamed the floors above and below them...
...district and took control of several blocks of the neighborhood, which is filled with luxurious ranch-style homes set off by manicured lawns. As the government sent in its helicopters and light tanks, it became clear that the rebels had switched tactics and were showing the rich that the war could come to their elegant front doors. Some demonstrated their support for the government troops by sending servants out with cookies and milk...
...forlorn hope, even though the rebels' losses in the offensive may exceed 1,000. If nothing else, the rebels proved they can disrupt life in El Salvador whenever they choose. They have also shown that the government is all too willing to use its heavy firepower when the war is being fought in poor neighborhoods but is reluctant to strafe and bomb a rich enclave like Escalon, where support for the governing ARENA party is high...
RELIGION: Ending a bitter 72-year war against the church...