Word: aly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Saddam Hussein: Iran's major oil outlet at Kharg island in the Persian Gulf. The very idea provoked a quick Iranian counterthreat. If France or any other nation intervened in the war by supplying such weapons, or if Iraq seriously damaged the facilities at Kharg island, Majlis Speaker Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani warned, "Iran will destroy the security of the gulf and prevent a "single ship from entering or leaving." That in turn prompted State Department Spokesman John Hughes to declare that the U.S. was "committed" to maintaining the freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf. With exquisite diplomatic...
Repeatedly, the male voice crackled over the telephone lines. On each occasion the message was as unequivocal as it was unusual. Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old girl who was kidnaped last month in Rome, would be freed if Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turk who is serving a life sentence for trying to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981, was released. The girl's captors threatened to kill her unless their demands were met by midnight last Wednesday. But after the deadline passed the kidnapers remained out of touch, and Emanuela out of sight. The abductors' approach...
...Pope John Paul II's life in 1981, declared Italian authorities last winter, had the backing of the Bulgarian secret service, presumably acting on orders from the Soviet Union. But the accusation depended on the secret confession of the gunman convicted of the shooting, Turkish Terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca, and as the unhurried investigation into his claims continued without producing further important revelations, interest in the case slowly dwindled. Now the intrigue has leaped suddenly back to life. As he was taken from a Rome police station last week, Agca surprised waiting reporters by publicly implicating the Soviets...
...words echo Ali's youthful braggadocio; the prediction seems merely reasonable. Lewis, who turns 22 this week, possesses powers far from their peak. But he may already be the premier track and field athlete of his generation-the modern equivalent of his idol, Jesse Owens. Last year Lewis jumped nearly 30 ft., but fouled by an undetectable whisker. Meanwhile, track watchers are already muttering about...
...music to their lives. She expressed reciprocal fondness for the warmth of the Harvard admirers and deep appreciation for the Harvard Foundation's recognition. Mr. Leonard, the second prize fighter to visit Harvard in the last decade, was equally gracious and appealing (the Class of 1975 invited Muhammad Ali as its Class Day speaker...