Word: bordered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Almost from the moment the first tank rumbled across the border on that bright June day in 1982, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon has been passionately debated within Israel. As the acknowledged first war in which the country's life was not at stake, it also became the first war to be widely questioned for both motive and consequences. The debate will be revived with this month's publication of Snow Ball, by Shimon Shiffer, 36, diplomatic correspondent for the Voice of Israel. (The acronym in Hebrew for the invasion's official title, Operation Peace...
...Stop the escalation of warfare at the border between conventional warfare and nuclear warfare of any kind. There is no such thing as "limited" nuclear war, meaning that any use of nukes would probably lead to an all-out exchange. Respond to Soviet aggression in kind and do not attempt to save a conventional defeat with nuclear weapons...
...most furious gold rush since the Gay Nineties. Canadians queued up in the bitter cold, frequently for hours at a time, uncharacteristically quarreling with one another, while waiting impatiently to buy tickets. Americans thronged across the border to get in on the game as well...
Mexico has often been used by U.S. automakers as a junkyard for dumping outdated models. Now Ford is making a U-turn. The company has decided to cross the border and spend $500million to build a new small car at Hermosillo in northwestern Mexico...
...summer storms, the South Africans launch punishing raids into southern Angola to pre-empt attacks by the black nationalist guerrillas of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). And every year, once the rains provide them with foliage cover and vital water supplies, the rebels cross the border into northern Namibia, hoping to bring an end to South Africa's 17-year control of that nation. This year, for the first time. South African troops came into direct confrontation with those of Marxist Angola, supported by some of the country's estimated 26,000 Cuban soldiers...