Word: als
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...city that has banned nerve gas, rent increases, animal testing, genetic engineering and even fast food goes a step farther. Led by City Councilor Al Vellucci, Cambridge seeks to ban all persons under 21 from the Harvard Square area. Asked to comment, Dean Spence says he favors the initiative...
...According to Iraq, Iranian forces launched a Christmas Eve assault aimed at capturing the southern Iraqi city of Basra but were repulsed by Iraqi troops after suffering huge losses. The Iranians, on the other hand, claimed they had merely been trying to capture four Iraqi islands in the Shatt-al-Arab waterway and had inflicted heavy casualties...
Against this landscape of unremitting horror, one bright spot marked the holiday season. As darkness fell on another grim Christmas Eve in West Beirut, a black Mercedes cruised through the seaside district of Ramlet al Baida and halted 200 yards from the Beau Rivage Hotel. Out stepped French TV Journalist Aurel Cornea, 54, who had been kidnaped 9 1/2 months earlier -- along with three colleagues -- by Shi'ite terrorists of the pro-Iranian Revolutionary Justice Organization. As his captors sped off, the dazed sound technician stumbled to the hotel, where French diplomats were waiting...
...refusing to divulge what they know. As a result, there are still as many unanswered questions as there were seven weeks ago. As the crisis festers, a vacuum is developing within the Administration. A replacement may have to be found for Casey. Spokesman Larry Speakes and Cabinet Secretary Al Kingon are leaving. Domestic Policy Adviser Jack Svahn has departed. If Regan goes, so will most of his assistants. Staffers are wondering who will replace these men, but a more compelling question is, Who can help make those selections...
...something happened on the way to the Gardner. I saw the sign across the street from the ballpark: "Boston Red Sox: 1986 AL Champions. 1987 Tickets on Sale December...