Word: armadas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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MANAMA, Bahrain--Iraqi jets and an Iranian warship launched fiery attacks on Persian Gulf shipping yesterday, seemingly undaunted by the growing armada of foreign warships in the gulf...
...hazy seas off the Lebanese coast, the huge fleet steamed slowly eastward. Composed of 20 fighting ships, the armada was led by two of the world's largest aircraft carriers, the nuclear-powered U.S.S. Nimitz and the John F. Kennedy. The presence of so large a force in the volatile eastern Mediterranean last week inevitably raised the question: Was the U.S. preparing to launch a military assault to free all or most of the 24 foreigners, including eight Americans, held hostage by Shi'ite radicals in Lebanon...
Late last week, after apparently concluding that its powerful gesture had had some effect on the chaotic situation in both Lebanon and the gulf, the Pentagon ordered the armada to begin to disperse. The Kennedy, docked in Haifa, 75 miles south of Beirut, and other ships began moving away...
Among the alibis Conner offered and Murray declined were the narrowness of the starting line and the nearness of the spectator fleet. A ragtag armada, 800 remarkable vessels ranging from the Achille Lauro to the Love Boat, tails along in a boiling wash. "They were a factor," insisted Conner, who called for more elbow room. In the second race the wind came up, and while tight quarters prompted a momentary Kookabura protest, Stars & Stripes ran away again and plainly seemed capable of doing it in any conditions...
...entry in the early-morning wars had an armada of foes to overcome, even before it went on the air. Fans of the old CBS Morning News were outraged by the network's cancellation of that long-running broadcast, whose low ratings had persisted for years despite a revolving door of hosts and formats. CBS News staffers resented the fact that the fluffy newcomer would be produced by the network's entertainment division. Rivals were publicly contemptuous. Bryant Gumbel, co-host of the front-running Today, scoffed before the new show even aired, "Desperate people do desperate things...