Word: afternoon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Friday of last week, they were abruptly awakened, handed suits in exchange for prison garb, curtly informed that they were being stripped of their Soviet citizenship, and rushed to Sheremetyevo Airport. There they boarded Aeroflot Flight 315 for New York City. At Kennedy Airport in the foggy afternoon, the ex-prisoners of conscience-Dissidents Alexander Ginzburg, Georgi Vins, Mark Dymshits, Eduard Kuznetsov and Valentyn Moroz-were released into American hands, while two convicted Soviet spies were hustled aboard the plane for the return flight to Moscow. It was one of the largest, most surprising swaps in the history...
...ceremony began in brilliant afternoon sunshine at the U.S. monitoring station in the Sinai desert. First the Egyptian army band and honor guard marched smartly past the assembled officials and journalists. Israeli musicians and soldiers quickly followed. Then each band played for the guests, and played again. And again. And again. By the time an hour had passed, most spectators suspected something had gone wrong, and they were correct: after 17 months of negotiations, the two countries were still haggling over the language in the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty and its accompanying documents...
Leading scorer Mike Faught (43 goals, 6 assists) led the Crimson barrage with a five-goal afternoon, while co-attackmen Mike Ward (16 g, 4 a) and Norm Forbush (13 g, 35 a) added three goals and two assists and one goal and five assists, respectively...
After arriving from New York at 9:30 a.m. next Tuesday, Moroz will meet with Bok and hold an afternoon press conference, Institute officials said yesterday. His visit is planned to extend through Thursday...
Captain Larry Brown, the team's soul and senior statesman, held court on the season's ebbs and flows outside the Kirkland House dining hall yesterday afternoon, reflecting on the events of this spring both for him and for the team...