Word: bomb
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...I.R.A. considers itself at war. But politicians are not supposed to be involved in the fighting. They send other poor sods to do that. The I.R.A. has shown that politicians can actually come under fire. Shocking though it was, the Brighton bomb will have achieved a good end if, through fear, it forces the British government and Irish politicians to come to terms at last...
...brought millions of refugees pouring into India, helped send the economy into another spin. The badly divided Congress Party was widely accused of graft and incompetence. Mrs. Gandhi's main interest was in claiming the role of a great power. She detonated India's first atom bomb in 1974 and reached out for Soviet aid and weaponry to re-equip India's armed forces...
Chile's President Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, 68, was opening an international trade fair in suburban Santiago when less than 600 feet away a bomb ripped up a lengthy section of railroad track. No one was injured in the blast, which was one of at least 19 in the capital and four other Chilean cities last week. That explosive epidemic capped a new political offensive by opponents of the eleven-year-old Pinochet regime...
Eliot House had the next turn in this game of gridiron hot potato, so on his first play from scrimmage quarterback Brian Hall--who admittedly did not have "a very good passing day"--lofted a bomb into the hands of Andre, who doubled as the Quincy safety. He returned the ball to his own 45, and the Q-House offense took the field with less than a minute left in the half...
...visit was marred by an astonishing occurrence. A French bomb-disposal technician planted a small quantity of explosives, without detonator to be sure, on the grounds of the residence of the French Ambassador, where Mitterrand was to hold a reception. The technician, acting without authorization, apparently wanted to test British antibomb squads. The explosives were quickly discovered by dogs trained to detect them. Understandably edgy in the wake of the Irish Republican Army bombing in Brighton two weeks ago aimed at Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, British authorities questioned the French technician at length and gave him what was described...