Word: suing
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...some students the program has created extra pressure. Nancy Su '84, an Economics major, said she felt she needed "to do a lot better than other people. I'm much more conscious of grades at this point than if I were just a freshman...
...tenacious." China's large, antiquated fleet of fighter-bombers would be no match for Viet Nam's Soviet-supplied MiG-21 interceptors. In the past 18 months Hanoi has received 150 MiG-21s from Moscow. In addition, the Vietnamese air force has acquired a number of Soviet SU-22s-modern swing-wing fighters...
...spirited parliamentary showdown, in vivid contrast to the drab sessions of the recent past, brought to a swift end the political malaise of el desencanto -the disenchantment-that has gripped Spain in the past year. The Suárez government, after shepherding the country through a euphoric and successful post-Franco transition, has seemed increasingly bogged down by the intractable problems of 16% inflation, 10% unemployment and the stubborn wave of separatist terrorism. The partial autonomy recently granted to the provinces of Catalonia and the Basque country has similarly failed to diminish their regional resentment against Madrid. Stung...
González dominated the debate from the outset. He attacked the Suárez government for its "failure to fulfill election promises" and ticked off the country's economic woes, the increase in crime and the deterioration of government services...
...Suddenly Suárez found himself no longer the only credible Spanish leader of national caliber. Shaken by the attack, he fell back on the defensive, urging "change without risk, which is the only way to reconcile authority with liberty." As the debates ended with a diminished mandate for Premier Suárez, a newly self-confident nation took satisfaction in having passed another political test. One result of the corrida was clear: Spanish democracy had demonstrated its vitality and resilience...