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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Chamorro triumph would lead not only to the ending of the boycott but also, most likely, to an infusion of U.S. aid designed to help resuscitate the country's economy. But after spending more than $300 million in aid to the contras to dislodge the Sandinistas, Washington might find itself allocating large sums to a country run by a President who so far has demonstrated neither the vision nor the administrative skills to do her job well. Ortega's election, on the other hand, would signal that the nation's 1.75 million voters prefer the devil they know. In either...
...various delays may irritate the De Klerk government, which must now be eager for negotiations to get under way. De Klerk must move quickly to convince white voters that Mandela's release holds the promise of compromise, and not greater chaos. In particular, he hopes that with Mandela's help, the final obstacles to lifting the state of emergency and releasing political prisoners can be ironed out. From there, De Klerk expects to proceed to formal negotiations on a new constitution, a strategy that could pay off handsomely -- or become a political swamp...
...phoned threats to every single family in the phone listings whose name sounded Armenian. "They called my son," says a middle-age Russian woman whose husband, now dead, was Armenian, "and they said, 'You are Armenians; you had better leave within 48 hours. If you don't, we'll help you to leave.' But we have nowhere to go to. They are beasts...
...would not return until all his books were available in the Soviet Union. Even Rostropovich cannot consider a permanent return yet. He has concert commitments for at least two years, and also two American grandchildren, "so my first goal will be to go back on occasion and to help start building bridges...
...closed eyes causes patients to see kaleidoscopic images. They also noted that by controlling patterns of audio and visual pulses, they could cause the brain to change states. Researchers like Thomas Budzynski of the St. Luke Medical Center in Bellevue, Wash., learned that inducing an alpha state could help relax patients and ease chronic pain. Creating theta states helped people to improve motivation and even stop smoking...