Word: almaz
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...Afghans. They will fight among themselves until kingdom come, but as soon as an outside force comes in, they will come together." Opposition leaders now sound much more nationalistic and less friendly to Americans than they were a week ago. If the U.S. sends in ground troops, says Haji Almaz, a 23-year war veteran who is a commander on the Kabul front, "the Afghan people will greet them in exactly the same way as they welcomed the Soviets...
...Afghans. They will fight among themselves until kingdom come, but as soon as an outside force comes in, they will come together." Opposition leaders now sound much more nationalistic and less friendly to Americans than they were a week ago. If the U.S. sends in ground troops, says Haji Almaz, a 23-year war veteran who is a commander on the Kabul front, "the Afghan people will greet them in exactly the same way as they welcomed the Soviets...
...MISSILE MEN AT RAYTHEON COULD HARDLY CHEER ABOUT Pentagon reports that its wonder weapon Patriot was less successful than briefers claimed during the gulf war. Now they have to contend with Almaz, the Russian makers of an antimissile system called the SA10B "Grumble." The boys at Almaz believe their system is faster and better than the Patriot, so they're proposing an international shoot-out between the two systems to prove it. Raytheon, however, refuses to deal in "p.r. gimmickry" and says the Russians are only trying to elbow in on a hot product: complete Patriot systems sell...
...jeopardy nor won him real success. Before the end of fateful 1941 Hitler may be Man of the Century -if Britain falls. If Britain still stands at the end of 1941, Adolf Hitler may be on his way to join the distinguished company of Benito Mussolini, Generals Gamelin and Almazán, and John Llewellyn Lewis, those men of high hopes who failed to come through in the crisis year...
...gradually Avila Camacho caught hold. He did so by playing a master game of politics, left against right and middle against both. He alienated the Almazán capitalistic following by claiming Almazán's program for his own, and he neutralized the atheistic Government position on religion by declaring himself a believer. But he also caught hold by being the Mexican version of a good...