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In this decade, Ulysses Guimarães (“ghee-mah-RICE”) led the National Constituent Assembly to draft a “Citizen Constitution” that was translated in 2023 into Nheengatu (“nyeh-eng-gah-TOO”). In this decade, the Dante de Oliveira Amendment was supported by Tancredo Neves and the Diretas (“zhah”) protests. As depicted in the 2012 film No, a plebiscite held at the end of this decade was successfully defeated by Patricio Aylwin’s Concertación coalition. The Trial of the Juntas (-5[1])was held in this decade after two “Marches of Resistance” (10[1])led by the Mothers of the Plaza (-5[1])de Mayo (-5[1])against the regimes of Jorge (“HOR-hay”) Videla and Leopoldo Galtieri. Raúl Alfonsín (10[1])was elected president in this decade as Argentina’s military rule collapsed after the Dirty War and the Falklands War. For 10 points, name this decade in which Operation Condor ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: 1980s [or años ochenta or anos oitenta]
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Robert FreemanSouth CarolinaHarding68-5
Andrew KelleyKentuckyGeodesic7810
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AAlabama85-5
Sanjay SrihariGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech B87-5
Jack LewisMTSUVanderbilt B9810
Caden HausteinHardingSouth Carolina13510
Riley BowlingAlabamaVanderbilt A13610
Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech A13610