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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...might seem, all this geopolitical turbulence, and more, could be traced to the bizarre cruise-liner hijacking, which also resulted in the cold-blooded murder of U.S. Passenger Leon Klinghoffer, 69. Asked a senior State Department official as he surveyed the diplomatic damage: "How could four idiots fail in their mission and still cause so much trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism: The Price of Success | 10/28/1985 | See Source »

Ryan cited the power supply and the logic boards--parts particularly susceptible to power surges--as the two areas that fail most often...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lots of Apples Going Rotten | 10/23/1985 | See Source »

...decision by the Faculty Senate is not binding, but university officials said it was almost sure that the proposal would fail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UMass Votes Down On-Campus Jail | 10/19/1985 | See Source »

...authors of the current report rightly note a delicate trade-off between the interest of the community and the privacy of individuals when sexual harassment is at issue. What they fail to recognize is that the trade-off is not an all-or-nothing affair...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Report the Results | 10/17/1985 | See Source »

...People fail to consider the value of our holding on for 10 years against Communist aggression in Southeast Asia," said Westmoreland. "We protected Southeast Asian countries from Communism...by stopping the 'domino theory'" of one country after another falling to communism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Westmoreland Tells BC: We Didn't Lose in 'Nam | 10/16/1985 | See Source »

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