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...contras claim that a fire fight ensued, a distinct possibility since the Sandinista leadership encourages Nicaraguans to carry weapons in war zones in self-defense. The rebels regard anyone armed or in uniform as a combatant, though the Sandinistas view many of the same people as civilians. It remained unclear whether Linder, who sometimes carried a pistol for protection, was armed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua The Sad Saga of a Sandalista | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

...early retirement from power. Given the ways in which most authoritarian leaders view their interests and the limited leverage the U.S. has in most Third World countries, neither of these courses of action is likely to be very productive." In each item, the statement is either incorrect or very unclear, even incomprehensible to me. The authors' pronouncements, with language like "virtually insure" or "the greater the probability," in the context of tables, numbers, probability and variables, give the illusion of science without its content. Of course, there was political instability in the Philippines before Marcos departed, and there continues...

Author: By Serge Lang, | Title: On a Recent Non-Election to the NAS | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

Team W L Overall Harvard 5 0 10-5 Princeton 5 0 9-4 Yale 5 2 (unclear) Brown 3 4 (unclear) Penn 3 4 9-8 Dartmouth 2 3 3-3 Columbia 1 6 9-8 Cornell 0 5 3-8 Men's Lacrosse...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spring Sports Standings | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

Team W L Princeton 3 1 Columbia 2 2 Yale 1 (unclear) Dartmouth 2 3 Harvard 0 1 Brown 0 20 Cornell 0 2 Women's Crew...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spring Sports Standings | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

...with yet another concession. Before Shultz's trip to Moscow, Washington's insistence on strict verification looked like a potential stumbling block to a treaty. Until Gorbachev, the Soviets had never been willing to seriously consider the idea of foreigners poking around their missile sites, and it had remained unclear how far the new leader would go. But Gorbachev not only indicated approval of American ideas, he tried last week to make them sound as if they were his own. According to the Soviet news agency TASS, he told Shultz, "We shall be demanding verification and inspection everywhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now, Super-Zero? | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

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