Word: zona
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...visiting British couple, John Meeus and his wife, spoke of the quake with British understatement. They were staying at the Galeria Plaza Hotel in the Zona Rosa neighborhood, Mexico City's popular tourist area. "I was having a cup of coffee in bed when my hand and the cup started shaking," Meeus said. "I looked out of the window and saw a building collapse. I turned to my wife and said, 'I think we've got a slight earth tremor...
...possible thanks to the decided backing of your government." Then Duarte broke the news: security forces had arrested three of the eleven leftist guerrillas suspected of involvement in the killing of 13 people, including four off-duty U.S. Marines, during the June 19 attack on sidewalk cafes in the Zona Rosa section of San Salvador. Duarte praised "the efficient and disinterested help" of the U.S. Government in "advising and equipping" El Salvador's two-month-old Special Investigation Commission, which supervised the inquiry that led to the arrests...
...quotations that accompany the photographs were the responsibility of Reporter-Researchers Peggy Berman, Zona Sparks and Rosemarie Tauris Zadikov. They culled hundreds of TIME stories, correspondents' files, newspapers and books to find the appropriate words that would convey not only information about, but the ambience of, an event. Says Berman: "You offer a selection of quotations, but always know when you have found exactly the right...
Reilly said he had learned that Zona often frequented the Central Square area...
...Zona was killed intentionally, officials said, the suspect could be charged with murder. Depending on the circumstances, that crime could result in a penalty as serious as the death sentence...