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Word: ambushed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ramming is almost the last alternative to consider. In an ambush the two basic maneuvers are the bootleg and J turns, which students practice for hours. The worst thing is to do nothing. During "confrontation and chase," a sort of midterm exam on wheels, each student jockeys one Malibu around the track, trying to anticipate, and avoid, ambushes by "terrorist" instructors in three other cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In West Virginia: Drive for Life | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

Somoza is killed in an ambush that Nicaraguans cheer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: Sudden Death in Asunci | 9/29/1980 | See Source »

...African beach defended by the Vichy French, and instead of facing a firefight, they find themselves making allies of these reluctant warriors. They knock out a hidden German gun in Italy and are awarded an alfresco luncheon by the women of the newly liberated town. They survive a German ambush and soon after help to deliver a French woman's baby in the tank they have captured. There is a weird battle in an insane asylum, and the death of a child who has survived years in a concentration camp and then dies when Marvin takes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Belated Victory | 7/21/1980 | See Source »

...official spokesman in Washington, hitting Jordan would have been an easy matter for even an average marksman, particularly if the rifle had a telescopic sight; the big man (6 ft. 4½ in., 225 Ibs.) was only 40 yds. away from the matted grass where the assailant lay in ambush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Jordan Riddle | 6/16/1980 | See Source »

...Israeli army pulled its troops out of most Arab towns. In an effort to control Jewish hardliners, Israeli authorities cracked down on one of the leading troublemakers, the American-born Rabbi Meir Kahane. They arrested Kahane after learning of his plot to take revenge against Palestinians for the Hebron ambush. Barring more surprises, Sadat's decision made it virtually certain that the autonomy talks would remain deadlocked until well after May 26. That in turn raised speculation about the possibility of pursuing other roads to a wider Middle East peace. One such course is outlined in a Western European...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Sadat Changes Course | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

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