Word: caravan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DIED. Lao Su, 57, infamous, elusive Chinese-born opium warlord of Southeast Asia's poppy-rich Golden Triangle; of gunshot wounds inflicted by a Thai border patrol as he was leading a heroin caravan out of his remote refineries in Burma...
Around noon on Saturday, October 24, a caravan of 50 fire engines wound its way down the coast from San Francisco. But by that time the winds had changed, blowing the fire back on itself. It was the only thing that could have stopped the flames...
...assault on West Beirut, although many of his policies had been quietly endorsed by Begin. At a meeting of intimates, Sharon boasted: "I have the survivability of a superpower. No criticisms or opposition will harm me." On another occasion he remarked: "The dogs may bark, but the caravan goes on its way." Still, when Begin, angered by the inordinately heavy and prolonged bombardment of Beirut ordered by his Defense Minister, told Sharon to ease his attacks, there was no protest. Others who once opposed Begin, including even Moshe Dayan, were adroitly maneuvered out of the previous Cabinet. Says...
More important to Manning than high adventure and good times was the caravan of history he helped run. He relishes the memories. Warmest was John Kennedy back in New Ross, Ireland. Most moving was Gerald Ford's pilgrimage by helicopter to Valley Forge, Philadelphia, and the tall ships in New York Harbor on the nation's 200th birthday...
...their December 1979 invasion of Afghanistan, the Soviets tried to root out the well-disciplined mujahedin of the lush Panjshir Valley, north of Kabul. TIME's William Dowell spent 22 days, disguised in a native tunic and baggy pantaloons, trekking over 16,000-ft. passes with a guerrilla caravan in order to witness the combat. Dowell's report...