Word: armadas
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Falklands, the remote British colony that Argentina had invaded a fortnight earlier. Steaming at an estimated 18 knots, the armada was expected to be on station by midweek. Meanwhile, the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had already stationed four submarines, three of them nuclear powered, inside a 200-mile "maritime exclusion zone" around the Falklands, and threatened to fire on any Argentine ship that challenged the blockade. Argentina must unconditionally withdraw from the Falklands, Thatcher insisted to the approval of 80% of her countrymen, or Britain would fight...
...Guardia Civil Lieut. Colonel Antonio Tejero Molina, 50, who, with his drooping mustache and patent-leather hat, became an instant celebrity last year as he waved his pistol while holding hos tage nearly all of the Cortes' 350 mem bers. Also on trial are Major General Al fonso Armada Comyn, 61, King Juan Carlos' longtime military tutor; Lieut. General Jaime Milans del Bosch, 66, who declared martial law in Valencia on the night of the coup; and Major General Luis Torres Rojas, 62, who is accused of trying to enlist a Madrid-based division to sup port...
...King Juan Carlos, who played a leading role in pre venting the coup, tacitly encouraged the venture. "Like everyone else, I thought that all or part [of the plot] was known to the King," Milans del Bosch said. According to Tejero, Juan Carlos' wife, Queen Sofia, had told Armada during a skiing vacation in the Pyrenees: "Alfonso, you are the only one who can save...
...Armada described these stories as fabri cations. Appearing be fore cadets at the Zaragoza Military Academy last week, Juan Carlos rejected the charge that he was involved. Said he: "We were not wrong to choose liber ty and justice to build a pluralistic society in a united Spain...
...scene reminiscent of the Spanish Armada, 30 boats from 10 New England colleges clogged the Charles last Saturday for the Tail of the Charles, the first race of the year for novice women's crew teams and the first race ever for 60 aspiring rowers...