Word: bombings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...getting into when, as a 20- year-old M.I.T. student, he began his association with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif. His dream was to advance biological and medical research by creating X-ray lasers. Instead, he found himself in what some have called a "bomb shop." In 1979 Hagelstein began working out the computer program that aided in the design of X-ray lasers -- the breakthrough that helped inspire Ronald Reagan to become the chief advocate for the Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars...
PARIS -- Terrorists struck the French capital yesterday for the fifth time in 10 days, demolishing a clothing store with a bomb thrown from a car. Five people were killed and 58 injured, authorities said...
...bomb was tossed from a black BMW carrying two mustachioed men, one of whom rolled down the window and tossed the bomb at the Tati clothing and textile store in the Montparnasse district, said Laurent Davenas, an assistant state prosecutor...
Just as the killers were fleeing the gruesome scene, police arrived, forcing them back inside. Then, either by mistake or by suicidal design, a bomb or grenades carried by one of the terrorists exploded inside the synagogue, killing both of them and dismembering nearly everyone inside. Said Avram Albohayre, general secretary of the synagogue's foundation: "Pieces of the bodies are all over the place. It is barbaric." The bloody toll in the congregation: 22 worshipers dead, reportedly including seven rabbis...
...Sowetan civic leader: "We are appalled by this cold-blooded massacre of our people. This was one of the darkest days in our history." The South African Council of Churches criticized the Soweto councilors for their eviction policy, pointing out that the rent issue had become a "political time bomb" that could "explode in townships throughout South Africa if not wisely handled." By week's end the government of State President P.W. Botha yielded to pressure from all sides and announced that an inquiry into the Soweto massacre would be held...