Word: dump
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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About a mile from Sabana Seca, the truck suddenly accelerated. It passed the bus, slowed, and forced the bigger vehicle to a halt beside a trash dump. Simultaneously, a white van that had been parked down the road came roaring toward the scene, and the blast of automatic weapons fire shattered the dawn silence. The fusillade from the white van lasted for 30 seconds-"a lifetime," said one survivor-and when it was over two U.S. sailors lay dead and ten others, including all of the women, were wounded. The dead were Petty Officer 1st Class John R. Ball...
...Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the Emirates and Qatar, which together hold more than $90 billion in U.S. dollars and other U.S. financial assets that will continue to slip in value as the cartel's prices climb. These surplus states probably will not go along with any effort to dump the dollar as the currency of the world oil trade, a move that would undermine the value of the greenbacks they already hold. But Iran and Libya are urging OPEC to switch from dollars to a so-called basket of currencies, which presumably would include German marks, Swiss francs and other...
...result, when the Tehran mob broke traditional standards of international law and took the embassy occupants hostage, America felt powerless to respond. To avoid such embarassing nuisances in the future, the Pentagon's friends in Congress argue, the U.S. must develop a "quick-strike force" able to dump a motorized division anywhere in the Third World within 60 days. Congress approved such a force two years ago, but it took the Iran crisis to convince the White House to finance...
Fresh and confident from their first win Monday against Southeastern Massachusetts, the Crimson hoopsters displayed poise. hustle, and pinpoint shooting to dump a strong Springfield team and boost their season's record...
...Trak costs about $43, and a dump trailer available separately costs $13. For pacifists who disapprove of Big Trak's flashing cannon, Fundimensions of Mount Clemens, Mich., makes a similar programmable beach buggy...