Word: cruz
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...scientists' tentative answers have ranged from warfare between extragalactic civilizations to the total annihilation that occurs when ordinary matter meets antimatter. Now they have settled on a simpler explanation. At a gathering of more than 100 astronomers and astrophysicists at the University of California at Santa Cruz, most of the experts agreed that the starbursts, at least those emitting X rays, are distant thermonuclear explosions. In effect, nature is setting off its own H-bombs. University of California Astrophysicist Stanford Woosley, the conference chairman, said: "It is as if an object 100,000 times brighter than the sun were...
...count of three, he grabbed the hijacker's right arm and I grabbed his left," recounted Parker, "and then we got assistance." Tied up in seat belts and an oxygen mask cord, the would-be sky pirate, a former political prisoner in Cuba named Rodolfo Bueno Cruz, was arrested upon arrival in Miami. "I don't criticize it," said FBI Agent Jim Freeman of the risky rescue, "but I don't recommend it for everyone...
...pirates could ever be foiled entirely. "If they say they can stop hijackings," said Delta's Ewing, "let's hope they can. We're taking a wait-and-see attitude." Indeed, a preboarding body search and stroll through a metal detector failed to reveal Hijacker Cruz's knife. Said Jim Ashlock, spokesman for Eastern Air Lines, whose jets have been involved in three of the last eight Havana landings: "If we had better techniques for preventing hijackings, we'd be using them...
...initiative" to try to end the civil war in their own country. The offer was significant because all four are prominent Nicaraguans who had been active in the insurrection against Dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle, were once colleagues of the Sandinistas and today live in exile. The men are Arturo Cruz, the former junta member and Nicaraguan Ambassador to Washington who quit in November 1981; Alfredo César, who like Cruz was once head of the central bank, and two other former government officials, Leonel Poveda and Angel Navarro. Though they are not affiliated with the anti-Sandinista guerrilla movements...
...Jerusalem. Renowned for quick wit and warmth, he was unflappable; when a plane he was aboard had a harrowing landing last year, Torgerson buried any fears he may have had in a hearty laugh. Cross, a Kansan who worked in Central America for years under the pseudonym R. Cruz, was a loner, but passionate about his work: once, when he missed a flight to Honduras, he banged on an airline counter so hard he broke bones in his hand. Cross had been among the journalists who admired the Sandinistas in their early days; he contributed photographs to a book celebrating...