Word: beirutization
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...FROM BEIRUT TO JERUSALEM by Thomas L. Friedman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; $22.95). A Pulitzer-prizewinning Middle East correspondent looks back on the brutal realities of a region drenched in myths and bloodshed...
...Flight 847 hostages were being driven from Lebanon to Syria to be released. "Now, Marlin," said Bush in a cool and level voice, "tell me once again why I should appear on Face the Nation just at this moment. And remember, if that caravan turns and goes back to Beirut, your career is finished." Bush was restrained and cautious on TV. The vehicles, after a heart-stopping pause, came through...
...observers in Beirut are killed when their jeep strikes a land mine...
...Marine is killed defusing a bomb near Beirut airport. He was part of the multinational force newly arrived in Lebanon...
...embassy in Beirut is devastated when a flatbed truck loaded with 2,000 lbs. of explosives blows up, killing 17 Americans...