Word: concerns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also expressed concern over merging with the Natural History museum, thereby losing the long-standing autonomy of the Indian museum...
...Americans not to travel through Athens International Airport. Within 24 hours the Senate appropriated $2 million to more than triple the number of marshals (even though many experts question their value) and Pan Am suspended flights to Athens. The measures, though tangential to the current crisis, reflected the rising concern with airport security in an age of global terrorism...
Either way, security, or the lack of it, at the Athens airport has long been a concern. "There is no question that it has the weakest security of any major West European airport," says David Kyd of the International Air Transport Association. As a result, since 1982 several airlines, including TWA, have had their own supplemental screening systems. Four times during the past five years IATA officials have visited Athens to plead with the government to improve the situation. Greek officials claim they are scapegoats for U.S. frustration. Protests Transportation Minister Evangelos Kouloumbis: "The security is just as good...
Throughout the week, ordinary Americans, buffeted by feelings of outrage and concern, tied yellow ribbons to trees and prayed for the hostages' safe return.* Ronald Reagan meanwhile grimly contemplated his severely limited options. He had assumed the presidency vowing to make America "stand tall" after its 444-day humiliation at the hands of the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini and warning terrorists to "be aware that . . . our policy will be one of swift and effective retribution...
...emanates exclusively from the diabolical brains of American warmongers. In fact, the U.S.S.R. bears a large share of the blame for the renewed American interest in defenses. The Soviets have built up their offensive forces to a level that is difficult to justify as purely retaliatory. They have prompted concern that if present trends continue, the American deterrent may someday be vulnerable to a pre-emptive attack...