Word: dead
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...victims were American and foreign tourists on a one-day sightseeing tour of the Rocky Mountains. Their names were not immediately available, but authorities said three of the dead were women and three were...
...their part, Sinhalese protesters took to the streets even before the agreement was signed. Columns of black smoke rose over the capital as police and soldiers resorted to rifle fire to contain the rioting. By week's end at least 70 people were dead. In the protesters' eyes, Jayewardene had caved in to rebel demands and Indian pressure. Admitted a government official: "Ninety percent of the Sinhalese people are against...
...hole in its hull caused by a mine that caught its American protectors unprepared. Jumbo military transports belatedly began ferrying minesweeping helicopters from Norfolk, Va. A Navy helicopter trying to land on the command ship of the task force crashed, with four Americans presumed dead. And the whole region was on edge in the wake of a protest by Iranian pilgrims that turned into a bloodbath in the Saudi Arabian holy city of Mecca. The week's events reminded a twitchy U.S. of the very real risks that come with flying the flag in far-flung corners of the world...
...Toshiyuki Nakamura, who was president of Japan's third largest paintmaker, Dai Nippon Toryo, was meeting in March with other executives in his office when he suddenly put his hand to his chest and fell from his chair, dead of a heart attack at 62. Nakamura had been trying to engineer a recovery for the company, which had plunged heavily into debt...
...blunt testimony seemed to mesmerize the committee. After Oliver North's flag-waving and Poindexter's tale of keeping Reagan ignorant of the diversion of arms profits to the contras, Shultz's dead-earnest presentation carried a clearer ring of credibility. His memory on key points seemed to be sharper than the highly selective recollections of North and Poindexter. Among a number of legislators commending Shultz, Republican Senator Warren Rudman of New Hampshire told him, "The real heroes are people who speak up to their President, make their views known, and are willing to take great personal risks in confronting...