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The trouble with this sort of thing is that you can so easily sound like Professor Colin McCabe. But it is interesting, is it not, to observe the kind of language being used - no names, no pack drill, but mainly in the Sun - to chronicle the unhappy goings on in the South Atlantic.
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May 25 1982: On this day two British naval craft were destroyed by Argentinian air attacks off the Falklands. This is how the Guardian reported the events.
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British forces in the South Atlantic suffered their first serious losses yesterday afternoon when the destroyer HMS Sheffield was hit and destroyed by an Argentinian missile and a Sea Harrier was shot down while attacking an airstrip on the Falklands.
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Originally published in the Guardian on May 3 1982: Enemy vessel was in 200-mile exclusion zone and posed significant threat to British task force, says Ministry of Defence. Unconfirmed reports that ship many have been sunk
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April 2 1982On this day Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands beginning a two and a half moth conflict that would claim 255 British lives and 655 Argentine lives. This is how the Guardian reported the events.
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October 11 1967: On this day in 1967, the body of Che Guevara was flown to Vallegrande, Bolivia. A Guardian journalist witnessed the event.
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Urged on by the United States and a confederation of five South American states, the warring nations of Bolivia and Paraguay accepted a truce here today, bringing to a halt the three-year long Chaco War.