Word: focuses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...focus of anxiety these days is Iraq. In the 1980s President Saddam Hussein used poison gas against not only Iran but also rebellious Iraqi Kurds. Last year he tested the Tammuz-1 ballistic missile, with a range of 1,240 miles. Four weeks ago, he was caught trying to smuggle into Iraq U.S.-made electrical devices for what Western experts are convinced is a project to build an atom bomb. Then, on April 2, Saddam vowed to "let our fire eat up half of Israel if it tries to wage anything against Iraq...
...insult to Dream Science to note that its plot, when summarized, sounds ludicrous: a series of improbabilities leading past the total destruction of Stamford, Conn. Thanks to Palmer's low-key narrative, the credibility is all in the telling. The focus remains on Poole, an ordinary soul subjected to extraordinary experiences. Everyone has had the feeling, at one time or another, that the world no longer makes sense. Poole has the proof. And what he must do to save himself, his loved ones, even the earth, proves riveting and unforgettable...
...instant communications, when the freeing of Mandela is viewed by millions of people, public pressure can influence some repressive regimes. Human-rights activists believe Singapore improved the conditions of Chia Thye Poh's confinement out of fear that when South Africa released Mandela, world attention would focus on the remaining long-termers. Still, other governments seem impervious to criticism. "Each country is a separate case," notes Richard Reoch, information director of London-based Amnesty International. There are limits too to how hard foreign governments will press allies on human-rights issues. The U.S., for example, remained mute over the February...
...policy," said Muskie recently. He suggested direct contact between the U.S. and the Hun Sen government, an end to Washington's "implicit" support for the Khmer Rouge, and separate verification of Vietnam's withdrawal as first steps toward a long-term political solution. This would shift the U.S. focus away from the rebel coalition that includes the Khmer Rouge and would require the U.S. to abandon its unyielding opposition to Hun Sen. As Muskie put it in a speech last December, "When we finally left Vietnam, we opened the way for the historic conflict between Vietnam and China...
Give a day for the Bay. In Maryland, residents by the thousands have signed up for the April 21 statewide cleanup that has Chesapeake Bay as the focus. Volunteers will plant trees and marsh grass, paint DON'T DUMP signs on storm drains, build nesting boxes for ducks, remove fish barriers, pick up debris from streams and shorelines, test water and scout pollution sources...