Word: auge
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Former National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Reagan gave prior approval to a shipment of U.S. arms by Israel to Iran in August 1985. That approval came at a White House session on Aug. 6 or 7, a source who was at the meeting told TIME. As part of a plan to help free U.S. hostages, the President authorized McFarlane to tell the Israelis that the U.S. would replace arms they shipped to Iran. Also at the meeting, according to this source: Regan, Poindexter (who, as McFarlane's deputy at that time, took notes...
Kimche phoned McFarlane again on July 30 to set up another visit to Washington. He arrived Aug. 2 with some disquieting news: his Iranian contacts had lost confidence in their ability to sway the Lebanese extremists; getting the American hostages released would not be so easy. At the same time, the Iranians were worried about their own vulnerability; they needed arms to cement their position. McFarlane was uneasy about the idea of shipping U.S. arms to people the American government had no contact with except through Kimche. Well, Kimche replied, suppose Israel shipped the arms and asked...
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...carpenter's wife who established a whorehouse on the construction site. When she began dragging men in off the street, the new city's normally tolerant commissioners had her removed. When that British rascal Rear Admiral George Cockburn broke into the White House with 150 of his sailors on Aug. 24, 1814, they ate the dinner prepared for James and Dolley Madison, who had fled. Then, before firing the place, Cockburn claimed a chair cushion, declaring that it would help him remember Mrs. Madison's seat. The remark was considered so risque it was not printed for years...
Fullback Jeff Johnson led the Red's ground attack, gaining 96 yards on 24 carries. Johnson--who caught a key pass to set up Aug's field goal--was responsible for 165 of Cornell's 421 total yards...