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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sent to Messina to be fitted with guns and armor plating so they could be used to ferry Fatah guerrillas into the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, from which they were driven by Israeli troops in 1982. The plan, say the Israelis, was for Fatah fighters to make a dash for the Lebanese coast from Cyprus on the high-speed hydrofoils under cover of night. And how did the Israeli spooks who foiled the plan smuggle bombs into Italy? "You just come in as a tourist and bring what you need," said one source. "There are a lot of sophisticated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Counterterrorism: Operation Hydrofoiled | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

Bamidele Fayemi and Carole Kirton again shone in the 60-yd. dash. Kirton took second with a time of 7.48 seconds, and Fayemi finished fourth. Kirton made it a day to remember by also running second in the 200-yd. dash...

Author: By Ted Ullyot, | Title: Crimson Runners Second, Third at H-Y-P Meet; Sugrue Shines But Many Stumble With Flu Bug | 2/18/1986 | See Source »

...event in which Harvard grabbed unanticipated points was the 60-yd. dash. At last week's GBC's, Crimson runners managed only third-and fifth-place finishes. But at Dartmouth, three sprinters--Theresa Moore, Carol Kirton, and Bamidele Favemi--made it to the finals...

Author: By Ted Ullyot, | Title: Winter Carnival Just No Fun; Green Monster Eats Thinclads | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

...strikes me that this is a self-centered view. I respect a shopping period, but there should be intelligent shopping. One cannot dash about for 10 or 15 minutes a time and assume one has learned enough about a course to decide whether to take it or not. Shopping is not just one period; a student has three or four sessions in which to circulate and audit different presentations and make a decision...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Our Readers | 2/5/1986 | See Source »

...commercial, funny and effective, aptly reflects the brash, risk-taking style of the third-generation proprietor. Since becoming publisher of the paper 16 months ago, Will Hearst, 36, has added half a dozen new columnists, launched a Sunday magazine and tried to instill a dash of unpredictability in the reportage. He says his goal is to make the Examiner one of the ten best newspapers in the country, a dream the paper proudly touts in print ads by running a picture of Hearst under a headline assigning him blame if ambition exceeds grasp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: In His Grandfather's Footsteps | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

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