Word: branches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Under federal law, "it is illegal to put anything in a post box that doesn't bear postage," said Lisa DeVincenzo, a spokesman for the Boston branch of the federal postal system. Such violations of postal regulations are subject to $300 fines, she said...
...tuning to the radio signals from the parachuted cargo. The plane crashes when it runs out of fuel. The loss of a $500,000 plane is a modest sacrifice when compared with the tens of millions the cocaine can bring. Roger Garland, operations supervisor of the U.S. Customs Air Branch based at Homestead Air Force Base in Florida, once tracked a plane with no one in it for 40 miles until it splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico. "There's a load of unguided missiles in the night sky," he says. "We've been lucky thus far that none...
...contributing factor. In Britain, angry crowds of blacks gave vent to feelings of injustice. In West Germany, where thousands of youths rampaged in 16 cities, the instigators seemed to be experienced rabble-rousers in search of an arena for their violence. They found it in Frankfurt, where a branch of the right-wing National Democratic Party had scheduled a weekend meeting. Because the N.D.P. is regarded by many as a haven for neo-Nazis, its gatherings inevitably bring protests. After demonstrators held a peaceful rally, several hundred hooligans, mostly young, some wearing hoods and black leather jackets, began hurling bottles...
...terrorists a week earlier of three Israeli civilians on a yacht in the port of Larnaca, Cyprus. The Israelis were convinced that the attack, which took place on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, had been carried out by Force 17, a commando unit from the Fatah branch of the P.L.O., a claim the organization denied...
...wisdom of international sanctions than a host of private institutions acting individually. Pragmatically, only Washington has the power to impose effective sanctions on another nation (and even that is very difficult). Accordingly, those who believe in sanctions can best proceed by addressing their arguments to Congress and the Executive Branch...