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Perle and other hard-liners remained insistent, during the arms-control strategy sessions chaired by McFarlane, that various provisions be added to make the proposals more favorable to the U.S. military. Even with the plan all but finished, Weinberger dug in his heels. At a top-level planning group meeting two weeks ago, headed by Reagan, the Defense Secretary said that the proposals would compromise U.S. military security. McFarlane challenged him to cite specifics. Weinberger could not come up with a single item. Admiral William Crowe, the new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, offered no support...
...West German, British, Canadian and Swiss rescue workers, the challenge was grueling and at times gruesome. The din of Mexico City traffic fouled readings on some of their sensitive listening probes; thus the gear was used most effectively at night. When survivors were discovered within the rubble, rescue teams dug long tunnels, frequently by hand, to reach them...
...Rajneesh, tends to confirm that Mr. Sullivan was the subject of an assassination attempt" in 1982. Rajneesh also suggested that misdeeds at the commune were responsible for a 1984 outbreak of salmonella in that area. State health officials dismiss the allegation. Other charges followed: Sheela and her cohort had dug a secret escape tunnel under the commune's 64,000-acre ranch and had bugged numerous residents' quarters, including the guru...
...silty waterway can mean adding rocks, moving boulders or placing trees in strategic places to shelter trout. It often requires rechanneling a creek to increase its flow so that water will once again ripple over rocks to provide enough oxygen. At Boise's River Run development, McIntyre dug pools and meandering bends into an existing brook and added rocks and Douglas fir logs to the riverbank. Now trout spawn in streams that flow between condominium town houses and $100,000 homesites...
...time Soviet relief forces moved on Khost, some 5,000 guerrillas were dug in outside the town. A first assault, which began on Aug. 25, lasted for two days and nights and was finally repulsed. On Sept. 1, the Soviets began their second attack and initially broke through mujahedin lines, after troops on both sides had fought with bayonets and daggers. For a while, the mujahedin were able to hold the Soviet advance. But that night the Soviets brought forward fresh troops, and the guerrillas melted into the surrounding countryside. If nothing else, the campaign showed that Moscow was willing...