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...Cambodian war. Since that government took office, the toll in the country has been markedly lower: a few dozen or so limbs and lives lost each week as the deposed Khmer Rouge and other Cambodian factions -- each representing combinations of outside support -- fight to regain power. Vietnam ostensibly withdrew the last of its 150,000 troops in September, but attempts to negotiate an end to this new war are stymied, and the violence has escalated...
...greatest fear in Bishop, as in many small towns, is that Greyhound may decide to abandon it altogether. The company has proposed dropping the money- losing route several times in the past but withdrew its plans in the face of local opposition. Should the strike continue, Greyhound may be more inclined than ever to close its Bishop depot once and for all, leaving travelers like Teddy Burkhalter trapped in town. The 89-year-old great- grandmother spends up to four months each year gallivanting by bus everywhere from Vancouver to Miami. Says she about a Greyhound-free Bishop: "Perish...
Viet Nam. Nowhere, perhaps, has the Soviet Union more emphatically demonstrated a determination to put a kinder, gentler face on its foreign policy than in Viet Nam. Last September, under pressure from Moscow, Viet Nam withdrew most of its remaining 26,000 troops from Cambodia (though last week there were reports that several thousand Vietnamese troops and military advisers have since returned). The Soviet Union has also begun reducing its muscle at the former U.S. military and supply base at Cam Ranh Bay. Two weeks ago, the Soviet Foreign Ministry announced that Moscow was removing...
...Sharp withdrew his name after deciding he did not want to sacrifice his scientific research and teaching responsibilities for the more bureaucratic and administrative duties of a university president...
Outraged by FAIR's campaign, some community officials have called for a boycott of the radio stations. In the face of such protest, the stations withdrew the ads. Unfazed, FAIR is looking for other outlets...