Word: closers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...militia of Lebanon's dominant Shi'ite Muslim sect, the Druze drove the Fourth Brigade 3½ miles south to the vicinity of Damur. The militiamen stopped there only because they were confronted by Israeli soldiers who had moved north to prevent the Muslims from getting any closer to the Israeli occupation zone south of the Awali River. Some soldiers of the Fourth Brigade fled behind Israeli lines for protection; several hundred others were evacuated by sea, leaving behind some tanks and American armored cars, Jeeps and ammunition...
...force in the second year of a recovery, and TIME's board was confident it is assuming that role again. Heller found the Commerce Department's forecast of a strong 9.9% increase in 1984 business capital spending too low and suggested that the actual rate will be closer to 14%. Greenspan cautioned, however, that most of the investment has been going for items like computers rather than for factories that are financed by expensive long-term borrowing. He called outlays for new plants "dead in the water...
Although the latest quoted discount for the machine puts the price at $1300, officials have confirmed that the cost will probably fall closer...
...Terriers avenged a 5-2 loss to Northeastern last week in the Beanpot championship game and moved them a step closer to getting home ice in the ECAC playoff...
...officially reported cost of the 357 "fact-finding" missions that Congressmen took to 85 countries last year seemed high enough: $5.9 million. But an investigation by United Press International and a Washington watchdog group, the Better Government Association, indicates the real bill was closer to $22 million. Flights on military planes and services arranged by the State Department accounted for huge hidden costs to the taxpayer...