Word: bomb
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...driven another wedge of bitterness between Ulster's Protestant and Catholic communities. Most ominously, the Ulster Defense Association, a paramilitary Protestant organization, has threatened to "eliminate" activists supporting the prisoners. Last week, in what Scotland Yard conceded might be the start of a new I.R.A. campaign, two bombs exploded outside an army reserve center in West London. No one was seriously injured, but police warned Britons to be cautious. In the past, the Christmas season has been a favorite time for I.R.A. explosions and letter-bomb attacks in England...
...anyone call a visit to the Trinity atomic bomb test site romantic [Nov. 3]? The 1945 test began the senseless deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, and continued suffering from cancer and genetic mutations. It's about as romantic as Dachau...
...nations interlocked in retrieving raw materials, manufacturing goods and distributing products, and the people who do this work and prosper from it will form a powerful influence within each country fighting against any disruption of the system by political elements. It is more difficult for radicals to seize mines, bomb factories or interrupt shipping when they know their own people have an interest in keeping these activities going...
During the late '60s, the University received bomb threats once or twice a week, Postel said, adding that although Holyoke Center received many such calls, to his recollection UHS had never been threatened...
...penalty for telephoning a bomb threat is 20 years in a state prison...