Word: ens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...released hostages, says one of the gunmen is Hassan Izz-al-Din, a Lebanese who is believed to have been directly involved in the killing of U.S. Navy Diver Robert Stethem during the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 in 1985. Said Secretary of State George Shultz, speaking in Helsinki en route to pre-summit meetings in Moscow: "I don't think ((releasing the hijackers)) is a proper thing to do." But he declined to "second-guess" Algeria. As for the Algerians, Interior Minister Hadi al- Khaderi, who oversaw the negotiations, explained his government's decision in its starkest terms...
...second set was a little tighter, with Austrian and Mulvehal pulling out a 6-4 victory. With the games tied at 3-3, Austrian and Mulvehal unleashed scorching forehand shots and perfectly placed volleys en route to winning three of the next four games...
...cheerfully scabrous "Disneyland Memorial Orgy," Walt's creatures behaved exactly as barnyard and woodland denizens might. Beneath dollar-sign searchlights radiating from the Magic Kingdom's castle, Goofy had his way with Minnie, Dumbo the flying elephant dumped on Donald Duck, the Seven Dwarfs besmirched Snow White en masse and Tinker Bell performed a striptease for Peter Pan and Jiminy Cricket. Mickey slouched off to one side, shooting heroin...
...doubts about the brutal determination of Shatti's tormentors evaporated as the ordeal of Flight 422 stretched into its second week and gained distinction as the longest uninterrupted skyjacking ever.* After the airliner, en route from Bangkok to Kuwait, was seized on April 5 as it neared the Strait of Hormuz, it began a tortured 3,200-mile journey that took it from Mashhad in northeastern Iran to Larnaca, Cyprus, and finally to Algiers. Deadlines came and went as the skyjackers, having already killed two hostages, threatened the lives of the rest if Kuwait did not meet their demand...
Netman Roger Berry used an excellent serve and volley game to win the first set, 6-2, over Brad Kelly. In the second set, Kelly jumped out to a 4-3 lead but Berry quickly rallied to tie the set at 4-4. The sophomore tallied several aces en route...